{"id":589254,"date":"2021-07-12T16:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T20:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589254"},"modified":"2021-07-12T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T20:51:08","slug":"comparing-cuba-to-its-capitalistic-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comparing-cuba-to-its-capitalistic-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Cuba To Its Capitalistic Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomparing-cuba-to-its-capitalistic-neighbors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/0EE4D45B-80FE-4584-A7BD-08042A307E09-scaled-1.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Over the weekend, Cuba erupted in protest over poverty spurred by the island\u2019s communist regime. With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/massive-protests-erupt-in-cuba-as-citizens-demand-end-to-communist-dictatorship-we-want-freedom\"><span>chants<\/span><\/a><span> of \u201cno tenemos miedo\u201d \u2014 \u201cwe are not afraid\u201d \u2014 Cubans challenged the oldest communist regime in the Western hemisphere.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the past six decades, many Latin American nations have experienced breakneck economic growth. During the same period, the Cuban economy has limped along under communist repression.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Indeed, the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Index of Economic Freedom currently gives <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/cuba\"><span>Cuba<\/span><\/a><span> an abysmal \u201ceconomic freedom\u201d score of 28.1 out of 100:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><i><span>The state owns most means of production. There is practically no separation between the judiciary, the National Assembly, and the Communist Party, which can appoint or remove judges at any time. Corruption is a serious problem that remains unaddressed. Widespread illegality permeates both Cuba\u2019s limited private enterprises and the vast state-controlled economy.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>State-owned enterprises significantly distort the economy. Access to credit for private-sector activity is severely impeded by the shallow financial market. Despite a decade of incremental changes, the state remains firmly in control.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Of the thirty-two countries in North and South America, Cuba only exceeds the score of Venezuela \u2014 another communist dictatorship. Worldwide, Cuba and Venezuela only beat North Korea \u2014 a third communist dictatorship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Contrast Heritage\u2019s description of Cuba with that of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/index\/country\/chile\"><span>Chile<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 the second-highest ranked nation for economic freedom in the Americas, which boasts a score of 75.2 out of 100:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p><i><span>Secured interests in real property are recognized and generally enforced, and expropriation is rare. There is a recognized and generally reliable system for recording mortgages and other forms of liens. The judiciary is independent, and the courts are generally competent in their enforcement of property and contractual rights and free from political interference.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Market-oriented policies, facilitated by a sound and transparent investment framework, have attracted significant foreign investment. The relatively competitive financial sector is open and resilient, offering a wide range of services. The exchange rate has been allowed to adjust flexibly without intervention.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>When comparing the freest countries in the Americas, such as the United States, Canada, Chile, Panama, and Uruguay; to the least free countries in the Americas, such as Haiti, Brazil, Suriname, Cuba, and Venezuela; a clear trend emerges. The nations most able to foster free markets, the rule of law, and sound institutions \u2014 regardless of size, history, or access to natural resources \u2014 also foster the most economic freedom for their citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This trend has been inescapably true throughout modern history. Since the end of World War II, nations such as South Korea, Uruguay, Singapore, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/5-countries-that-escaped-poverty-by-promoting-capitalism\"><span>advanced<\/span><\/a><span> economically \u2014 despite histories replete with dictatorships, foreign occupation, and civil wars \u2014 by cutting taxes, promoting entrepreneurship, and removing regulations. Meanwhile, their neighbors \u2014 North Korea, Venezuela, Yemen \u2014 have failed to embrace free enterprise and have therefore remained in poverty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>American progressives \u2014 most notably, Bernie Sanders \u2014 may object by noting that Cuba has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/country-rankings\/best-healthcare-in-the-world\"><span>universal healthcare<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/country-rankings\/literacy-rate-by-country\"><span>literate populations<\/span><\/a><span>. However, Cuba\u2019s neighbors \u2014 such as Chile, Barbados, and Costa Rica \u2014 match or outrank Cuba in these domains. And none of them needed communist revolutions to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As citizens of the world watch Cubans struggle for economic and civil liberty, they ought to reflect on the past sixty years of Cuban communism \u2014 and realize its deserving place on the ash heap of history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Cuba erupted in protest over poverty spurred by the island\u2019s communist regime. With chants of \u201cno tenemos miedo\u201d \u2014 \u201cwe are not afraid\u201d \u2014 Cubans challenged the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893731,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}