[ibarrac]

The 80% poor may have had their standard of living raised by the revolution in 1959 but the rich and middle class had it lowered. In the 55 years since, the standard of living of the middle class and opportunities for the young in other similar countries has advanced past Cuba's while Cuba has stagnated and remained a 1970s soviet-like low-tech state.

[digi_owl]

Not sure if it is worth the ulcer, but i do wonder how much the Helms-Burton Act (and similar) has had to do with that...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helms%E2%80%93Burton_Act