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by wwweston 4270 days ago
Costa Rica may be the exception that proves the rule, or at least is notable for what it didn't do -- it didn't let itself become a colony/client state/banana republic, there was a state-led internal industrialization effort integrated with measured open-ness for international trade/investment, it didn't keep a standing military after its revolution.

And Cuba likely still would have done better without the US embargo.
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randomafrican 4270 days ago
If Communist Cuba didn't exist, may be most of those dictatorships wouldnt have happened.

And Costa Rica may be an exception because their lefties (or liberals) were smart enough to keep their eyes on the price.

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ahi 4270 days ago
You have causation wrong. Cuba is now communist because it was one of those dictatorships. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista

The countless dictatorships, puppet governments, and US/European interventions didn't start when Castro and Che came down out of the mountains in 1956.

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