Ambassador Carlos Fernandez de Cossio noted that Cuba did not have a large economy and was a poor country. Life expectancy was however high, at 76 years. Public health was provided free and education was also free, public and universal. Economic development was slowly on the rise. The illustrations were meant to show the difference between economic development and social cohesiveness. Equity in Cuba was one of the most generalised in the world, with a fair distribution of the country's wealth. However, the Cuban government was aware that the wellbeing of the population needed to be improved. In order to achieve that, the concrete limitations to Cuba's economic development would need to be overcome.