[whydoibother]

You are so educated, surely you can provide a short summary explaining your views.

>But I still saw people plowing fields with oxen. I've seen very poor people in developing countries, but I haven't seen that first hand. The level of poverty in Cuba is pretty bad still.

Do you think that has anything to do with the US embargo on Cuba? (Y'know, one of those external forces I was talking about originally).