I do not have any problem with much of your main leader on Cuba today (“Castro’s Legacy,” February 23, 2008), but I am still confused about your comment about its place on the United Nations’ human development index. As you say, democracies such as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Costa Rica are ahead of it, and Mexico is not far behind. But Croatia, a candidate for the European Union, is only slightly ahead of Cuba. In fact, it is smack between Uruguay and Costa Rica. Even more surprising, Bulgaria and Romania, already in the vaunted Union, are squarely behind it. To wit, Cuba is not doing all that badly, at least not by your cleverly selected index. Castro’s legacy may be chequered, but you surely must look for sturdier arguments if you are to be credible. Even in Cuba.