The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way moved by concepts related to the interests of the family or of society...Just when science and technology are making incredible advances in all fields, they resort to technology to suppress revolutions and ask the help of science to prevent population growth. In short, the peoples are not to make revolutions, and women are not to give birth. This sums up the philosophy of imperialism.

" President of Cuba's Central Bank Francisco Soberón called the claims a "grotesque slander" asserting that money made from various state owned companies is pumped back into the island's economy "in sectors including health education science internal security national defense and solidarity projects with other countries. Meeting President-elect Rómulo Betancourt Castro proposed greater relations between the two nations unsuccessfully requesting a loan of $300000000 and a new deal for Venezuelan oil. For 37 years Castro publicly wore nothing but olive-green military fatigues emphasizing his role as the perpetual revolutionary but in a 1994 visit to the Ibero-American Conference in Cartagena surprised assembled dignitaries by appearing in a guayabera.

In 1961 Castro proclaimed the socialist nature of the Cuban revolution with Cuba becoming a one-party state under Communist Party governance. Countering these threats Castro formed an economic and military alliance with the Soviets and allowed them to place nuclear weapons on the island sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Politically a Marxist-Leninist under his administration the Republic of Cuba became a one-party socialist state; industry and businesses were nationalized and socialist reforms implemented in all areas of society.