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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 387703" data-attributes="member: 46">I know what I'm talking about. Hugo Chavez died in 2013, by the way.And what is "economic downfall"? For the richest billionaires? Boo, hoo. What about US sanctions on Venezuela? Venezuela before Chavez had massive inequality, high illiteracy, basically a rich person's fiefdom. The Venezuelan opposition even fell out in the last decade because a section of the opposition were basically begging for a US invasion of the country, while the other half were like "Venezuela first" types.Cuba before Castro had more than half the population illiterate. Now it's close to 0%. Cuba has healthcare, education and housing for all (unlike their northern neighbour the USA), and Cuba has a higher life expectancy than the US. All that despite an economic embargo on Cuba by the US since 1962. The US put a pillow to Cuba's mouth and then say "Oh look, socialism doesn't work".</blockquote>