Year | Votes | Against |
1992 | 59 to 2 | USA, Israel |
1993 | 88 to 4 | USA, Israel, Albania, Paraguay |
1994 | 101 to 2 | USA, Israel |
1995 | 117 to 3 | USA, Israel, Uzbekistan |
1996 | 138 to 2 | USA, Israel, Uzbekistan |
1997 | 143 to 2 | USA, Israel, Uzbekistan |
1998 | 157 to 2 | USA, Israel |
1999 | 155 to 2 | USA, Israel |
The USA president, Bill Clinton states that "Cuba is the only non democracy in the Western Hemisphere". This is in spite of the fact that Cuba has none of the systematic death squad activities and military control of USA client states like El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Haiti and Honduras. The USA and the media refer to these countries as "fledgling democracies".
In addition, education and health care are better in Cuba than in most other country's in the region. As Clinton admits "both of which work better than in most other countries".
Left alone, without years of USA destabilisation and economic sabotage, Cuba may have been a beacon to other countries in the region. This is the real threat of Fidel Castro's regime.