Better Red Than Dead

Despite poverty and blockade, Cuba has triumphed where the US has failed in health care.

Illustrations by Marco Miccichè

There’s a saying in Cuba, “We live like poor people, but we die like rich people.” Since the revolution, health service provision has expanded dramatically across the island, and millions more abroad have benefited from Cuban medical expertise. Cuba’s infant mortality rates compared to neighbors like the Dominican Republic show the difference between a social […]

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