It does little good for ordinary Cubans who have lived for decades under dictator Fidel Castro since 1959 that he now freely admits communism has failed in his island nation.
The Cuban people - who might have made a tropical paradise of their country if they had been permitted political and economic freedom - instead have had to endure slave wages and severe political, religious and economic repression. Some have been imprisoned, tortured and even killed when they bucked Castro and tried to stand up for liberty. The oppression continues today.
But incredibly, Castro has now confessed what has been obvious for many decades: that communism is a failure.
A correspondent for The Atlantic magazine gained a rare interview with Castro, who handed over power to his brother Raul Castro a couple of years ago but has recently sought a return to the limelight he enjoyed for so many years.
The correspondent candidly asked Fidel Castro whether it is a good idea to export Cuba's communist system to other nations.
But not only did Castro think spreading Cuban-style communism was a bad idea, he acknowledged it had failed even in his own country: "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore," the retired tyrant declared.
An observer who was accompanying the magazine correspondent during the interview confirmed that Castro made that amazing admission.
Of course, what Castro did not bother to mention is that communism did "work" for him personally. He has lived parasitically off his own people since the 1959 Communist Cuban revolution. He has enjoyed great luxury while his people have suffered needless deprivation.
With even Castro - the world's "poster boy," so to speak, for communism - admitting that system is a failure, shouldn't other nations take heed and promote much more successful free markets and individual liberty?