Cuba is quite possibly the best developing nation in the world in which to live, having extensive public medical and education facilities. Sure it does have some problems with civil liberties, but then again no one has ever been arrested for driving while black in Cuba.
It is currently under the relatively benign leadership of Fidel Castro. When you compare the regimes of Castro to the American supported Batista, you find that Castro is a puppy dog compared to Batista's rabid wolf.
This is on a personal note. It is my belief that were it not for the American trade embargo on Cuba, the Cuban economy would be healthy, and there would be no Cuban refugees. (Can someone explain why the US won't even talk to Fidel, yet was willing to sell arms, including phosphorus rockets, to the Government of Honduras during the 1980s. A time when the Honduran military slaughtered thousands of men, women, and children.)