Cuba does pretty well despite the sanctions in all honesty.

It actually infuriates me everytime I think of all the good in the world that would be done by a Cuba unencumbered by the ongoing sanctions. Cuba developed a vaccine for lung cancer while under brutal sanctions. Think of what they could have done by now if the US wasn't so hostile. I could absolutely believe they would have the beginnings of treatments for some of the more deadly forms of cancer. It is burning of the Library of Alexander level shit to prevent that.

One could make a reasonable argument that the life-saving care the US has prevented puts the death of millions [more] on their hands.