Castro’s government hurts the mental health of Cubans despite promising equality, progress, and freedom. Poverty haunted Cubans, even with the support of the USSR, and now, without it, the situation can only worsen without government action. The majority of Cubans have been suffering from poverty, which lead to drinking, smoking, domestic conflicts, and depression. Castro’s administration imposes restrictions on speeches and media and intensifies the oppression of Cubans because of previous dictatorship, huge discrepancies of wealth and domestic problems. The addiction to substance has only been increasing [Gorry], causing family and interpersonal conflict to worsen. Although the government does provide mental health care for its citizens,