Cuba 1958 (Before Castro) * 3rd most-stable economy in Latin America with highest gold reserves, slightly behind Venezuela and Brazil. * Lowest inflation rate. * 4th in world in income earned by blue-collar workers. * 3rd in red-meat production per capita. * 1st in the production of mineral cobalt in the world. * 3rd in caloric consumption. * 3rd in the highest per-capital telephone ownership. * 3rd in the highest per-capital automobile ownership. * 2nd in the highest per-capital radio ownership. * 1st televisions per household. * 3rd in most radio-stations. * 3rd in T.V. networks. * 2nd in movie theaters per capita. * 2nd in number of physicians per capita. * Lowest index of infant mortality in all Latin America. * 4th lowest per capita index of illiteracy. * Highest percentage of public debt earmarked for education. * 5th in per capita colleges and universities attending students. * In 1959, the Cuban monetary unit, the “peso” was par with the U.S. * dollar - at times slightly higher. * Highest number of movie-theaters in the world.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:00:06 +0000
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