You won't find it Cuba, according to Freedom House's "Freedom in the World 2007."
Out of the 35 countries in the Americas, 25 are Free (71 percent), 9 are Partly Free (26 percent), and one — Cuba — is Not Free (3 percent). In Latin America in particular, the past year was marked by an impressive number of competitive and fair elections in relatively new democracies experiencing social turbulence. Haiti, meanwhile, joined the ranks of electoral democracies, and its score improved from Not Free to Partly Free.
Cuba received the lowest possible marks in two measurements of freedom, political rights and civil liberties. Throw in the results of a survey on economic freedom released earlier this week — which showed Cuba as the 156th freest of 157 nations — and the most significant accomplishment of the "revolution" is clear:
The abolition of freedom.
For more on the Freedom House report, go here.
(H/T to El Gusano.)
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