Dairy cattle do not do well in hot climates. Ice Cream, very good ice cream is scarce but not rationed for those who visit Coppelia, the wonderful Park in Central Havana. For something like 15 cents, one can get a sundae with four or five scoops of the World's best Ice Cream. The availability of ice cream is a political rather than an economic decision. Residents of Havana flock to Coppelia of a warm Summer's Evening and enjoy a family treat until 11 p.m. 2.
Education has to compete for scarce funds.
But do see the Report by Molly Sehring in order to put these problems in the context of the remarkable achievements of Cuba since 1959. Education Policy by Molly Sehring 3. Cuba, short of hard currency and faced with a mean-spirited US Blockade is short of basic medical supplies from aspirin to antibiotics. Rubber gloves, syringes and needles, anesthetics, disinfectants and energy shortages conspire to challenge nurses, doctors and staff in providing Cuban citizens with the health care promised in formal social policy. Advanced technology, CAT scanning equipment, dialysis machines, MIR technology and other high tech innovations found in Europe and North America are low on the priority list of Cuba.