Could this be the reason?

Dear Comrade Bensõnista: Cuba embraces Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public schooling, income taxation, welfare, and equalization of wealth – that is, the same socialist programs that our dictator embraces. Cuba also treats its citizens the way we do – military tribunals, denial of due process, no independent criminal defense attorneys, no jury trials, and swift punishment. Cuba even favors the war on drugs, despite its decades of failure. So, why does our government hate Cuba? Could it be because Cuba has long kept independent of Washington?