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
- APRIL 21, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuban television broadcast a programme in which government...
Cuban television broadcast a programme in which government journalists and commentators rolled out a litany of accusations against European Union states, Canada and other nations that voted with the United States to censure Cuba at the United Nation's Hum
- MARCH 30, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
At the 56° session of the Commission on Human Rights...
At the 56° session of the Commission on Human Rights Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Perez Roque said it remained to be seen whether the Commission would ever muster the courage to condemn the United States for its unfair and arbitrary application of the d
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000CubaDEATH PENALTY
In a briefing to Members of the European Parliament,...
In a briefing to Members of the European Parliament, Commissioner Chris Patten acknowledged that much remained to be done in the human rights field, especially in what he felt were the problem areas of the death penalty, Cuba and China