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Relations between the United States and Cuba have been shaky at best since the revolution. In 1960, after officially declaring themselves communist, the US began a trade-embargo on Cuba that last to this day. Since coming to power, Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been the victim of over 670 CIA assassination attempts{{fact}} and one American backed invasion ([[The Bay of Pigs]]). This was in an attempt to reinstate the pro-American dictatorial regime of Batista that was previously in charge. (This is similar to the US backing of war criminal [[General Pinochet]] over his democratically elected communist opponent).

Relations between the United States and Cuba have been shaky at best since the revolution. In 1960, after officially declaring themselves communist, the US began a trade-embargo on Cuba that last to this day. Since coming to power, Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been the victim of over 670 CIA assassination attempts{{fact}} and one American backed invasion ([[The Bay of Pigs]]). This was in an attempt to reinstate the pro-American dictatorial regime of Batista that was previously in charge. (This is similar to the US backing of war criminal [[General Pinochet]] over his democratically elected communist opponent).

Cuba currently enjoys what are among the highest literacy rates in South America <ref>[https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu.html CIA Fact book]</ref>.

Despite the embargo, the present government has achieved a 97% [[literacy]] rate on the island<ref>https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu.html</ref> and has one of the best medical and educational systems of any country, all provided for by the state and available to any citizen of the island.<ref>[http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/1659.cfm]</ref>

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