But as the Council on Hemispheric Affairs concludes, Castro’s policies “only addressed issues of unequal access without changing structural biases underlying society”.

“The economy is what’s most on people’s minds,” said Susan Kaufman Purcell, director of the Centre for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami.

“The economy is what’s most on people’s minds,” said Susan Kaufman Purcell, the director of the centre for hemispheric policy at the University of Miami.