[pmelendez]

>"The quality of the health and education systems are tangible "

I will be very careful with that statement. Cuba government is very good at propaganda and making people to think that.

In Venezuela we have a first hand experience about that since there is a lot of "collaboration" between both countries (basically oil in exchange of medical and education services). The result is a lot of cases about medical malpractices.

Also education is very opinionated with a strong emphasis in political indoctrination.