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 in Latin America, 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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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 in Latin America, all provided for by the state and available to any citizen of the island. If they were a democracy, it wouldn't be so bad.<ref>[http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/1659.cfm]</ref>