PPP is not a legitimate measure for small nations with very open economies. A high % of what Cubans consume is imported.
BTW throw away these stats. A 1.5% poverty rate in Cuba is clearly false. Try more like 40%.
And as to 72% of the economy being services. Hell Cubans barely have cell phones and wireless internet access is almost impossible to find. So aside from tourism what services do they have?
I note that you are too embarrassed to tell us when Batista was removed from power. It was 1959.
Now how come Castro was in power so long? Did he win every election? Were there free and fair elections? Did Cubans have a chance to decide whether they wished him to remain in power?
And what did Castro do to those Cubans who disagreed with him?
Average wage in Cuba is under US$30/monthly and you seriously expect people to believe this. The rations that they get are quickly exhausted, the gov't stores empty, so they must buy from private stores. These stores do NOT accept the currency most easily accessible to most Cubans.
Clearly the salary earned by those who aren't senior party members, army officers, or who do not work in the tourism sector, or get money from overseas relatives.
Cuba is a land where parents must figure out how to make a chicken and 2 eggs last a week!
In 1959 Cuba was a country of tremendous income inequality with rampant prostitution. In 2016 it is a country of tremendous income inequality and rampant prostitution.
Here is the difference. Some of the prostitutes are young female doctors who earn Cuban pesos and so find kind foreign men to offer them money or panties.