The most surprising claim of some sympathizers of the Cuban system is that it is democratic. This is argued in spite of the dictatorial one-party state and the repression that State Security carries out on a routine basis to maintain the regime in power, and that many of its most important decisions, such as the agrarian reform in 1959 were mainly carried out from above and not from below.
The answer to the question of why Cubans are going hungry is as obvious as it is simple: communism. Orlando Gutierrez Boronat echoes Manuel Artime on how malevolent policies and ineptitude always lead to hunger and misery. An Op-Ed via Red Noticias (my translation): Why is there hunger in Cuba? Manuel Artime was right This