In 1951 The Hotel Riviera was built in Havana and was the FIRST HOTEL IN THE WORLD TO BE FULLY AIR CONDITIONED.
The FOCSA CONDOMINIUM building was the FIRST ALL CONCRETE BUILDING in the world. It was constructed in Havana in 1952
It was 1953 when the most modern TV STUDIOS were erected and equipped
as the most advanced at the time: ( CMQ Television)
In the year 1954 Cuba had one cow per capita, making Cuba the THIRD COUNTRY
in Ibero-America (after Argentina and Uruguay) to CONSUME BEEF.
IN 1955 Cuba was the SECOND COUNTRY with lowest infant mortality rate
in Ibero-America (33.4 per 1,000 births.)
It was 1956 when the UN acknowledges Cuba as the SECOND COUNTRY in Ibero-America with the lowest indexes of ILLITERACY (only 23.6%). Haiti had 90% , Spain, Salvador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Guatemala and Dominican Republic had 50%.
In 1957 the UN acknowledges Cuba as the BEST COUNTRY OF IBERO-AMERICA
as far as number of doctors per capita (1 for every 957 inhabitants), with the highest percentage of HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY (82.9%) and 79.9% with FULLY WORKING BATHROOMS.
It was considered that Cuba was the SECOND COUNTRY in Ibero-America (after Uruguay) with a daily consumption of calories per capita of (2,870).
In 1957 Havana turned into the SECOND CITY IN THE WORLD having cinemas in 3D and multi screens (RADIOCENTRO, presently called Yara).
Cuba, in 1958, is the SECOND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD to transmit COLOR TELEVISION and to have the third color channel in all the world.
In 1958, Cuba is the Ibero-America country with more automobiles (160,000, one for each 38 inhabitants) making it the country with the most household-electrics, having more railroad tracks per Km2 and the SECOND, as far as the total number of radio receptors.
During the 50's, Cuba occupied the SECOND AND THIRD PLACES as far as PER CAPITA INCOME in Ibero-America by-passing Italy and doubling Spain:'s. In spite its small territory and a population of only 6-1/2 millions, Cuba occupied in 1958, the 29th position among the best economies in the world.
In 1959, Havana was the city with the HIGHEST NUMBER OF CINEMAS (358) in the world surpassing New York and Paris which occupied the second and third places respectively. Since 1959 to this day. more than 50 years have gone by, with no referral to these 'facts'.
Should we expect the 'UN' to provide the world with CUBA TODAY comparable facts, via the NY Times and CNN ? Or must we continue to rely upon the Propagandist Michael Moore and Communiques from the Castro Dictatorship.
