Cuba
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- communist state
- CONSTITUTION
- February 24, 1976; amended in 1992 and 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Spanish and American law with many points from communist theory
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly of the People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of the People (Tribunal Supremo Popular), president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly
RELIGIONS
Catholic majority
From the country
- JUNE 2, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. ‘THOUGHT IS FORBIDDEN’ OPENS IN MADRID
44 panels with the images of some of the 75 activists detained in March 2003 by the Castro regime in Cuba are part of the exhibition inaugurated in Madrid in the presence of the Euro MP Emma Bonino and City Councilor for Employment Ana Botella.
- APRIL 28, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
EU. EURO LAWMAKERS BLAST EU'S SOFTER LINE TOWARD CUBA
the European Union's legislative branch expressed its dissent with the executive over policy toward Cuba, condemning a shift seeking rapprochement with the Communist-ruled island that included suspension of diplomatic sanctions.
- APRIL 20, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 14, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
U.N. RIGHTS BODY KEEPS PRESSURE ON CUBA
the United Nations top human rights body backed a call by the United States to keep pressure on Cuba by renewing the mandate of a special investigator into alleged abuse there.
- MARCH 16, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. FOR SOME HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, IT’S A HAPPY ISLAND, D’ELIA
Hands Off Cain responds to the petition signed by 200 intellectuals in defence of the Cuban regime by bringing at the forefront the grave violations of human rights perpetrated by Castro’s regime.
- JANUARY 31, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
regarding the EU’s decision to temporarily put an end to diplomatic sanctions...
regarding the EU’s decision to temporarily put an end to diplomatic sanctions...
- JANUARY 1, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes.
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes.