DPRK is also heavily sanctioned but also shares a border with China and Russia, so they're not quite as fucked by those sanctions. They are recovering from the fall of the Soviet Union and increasing trade with China and Russia.
Cuba is geographically in a situation where US-based sanctions are much more effective - and where the US has a much more local influence. This is why its infrastructure is old.
Both Cuba and the DPRK are doing amazingly well given the circumstances and Cuba constantly beats the US in real human terms of health outcomes, equity, literacy, etc.
What no material conditions does to your brain.
DPRK is also heavily sanctioned but also shares a border with China and Russia, so they're not quite as fucked by those sanctions. They are recovering from the fall of the Soviet Union and increasing trade with China and Russia.
Cuba is geographically in a situation where US-based sanctions are much more effective - and where the US has a much more local influence. This is why its infrastructure is old.
Both Cuba and the DPRK are doing amazingly well given the circumstances and Cuba constantly beats the US in real human terms of health outcomes, equity, literacy, etc.