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WESTERN governments and mainstream media routinely refer to Cuba as a “dictatorship,” pointing out that the island has only a single party, the Communist Party of Cuba (Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC), and that there are no election campaigns where two or more political parties battle against each other to win the votes of the electorate on the basis of manifesto pledges which may, or may not, turn out to be the programme that is carried out after the elections are over.
But is Cuba really a dictatorship? Do the Cuban people participate in shaping their communities and the direction of their country?
The Cuban system currently consists of three levels of government: the National Assembly (Cuba’s parliament); 16 Provincial Assemblies and 168 Municipal Assemblies.
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