1979 article on how Cuba transformed cities, employment, and leisure activities along socialist principles; "... market forces, private profit, property interests, consumerism, and competitive individualism no longer dominate urban life to the extent that they did before 1959."

For several decades Cuba was ahead of all Latin America countries in the construction of new cities and rural towns, the latter receiving substantial investment in public works for reducing the rural-urban gap. Meanwhile efforts were made to 'ruralise' urban centres like Havana.

Soviet Life December 1965 Soviet Psychiatry: "In one case I observed, the doctor concluded that the patient, a factory worker, had the capacity to be a good engineer and that the unchallenging and unfulfilling nature of his present work contributed to his emotional illness." (1) "The doctor wrote out a prescription which was addressed to the factory director, requiring that the patient be enrolled in an engineering institute and be paid his full salary during the entire period of his schooling." (2)