[bpt3]

What about Cuba gives you the impression it is functioning, unless your definition of functioning is anything above mass starvation and homelessness?

[whatshisface]

In a world with (and a history of) many countries full of mass starvation and homelessness, my definition of functioning is anything above mass starvation and homelessness.

[bpt3]

Fair enough, though that's an extremely low bar in the modern world.