CUBA

Official name: Republic of Cuba

Short name: Cuba

Date of membership of SELA: 14 January 1976

Capital: Havana

Government: Cuba is a Socialist state of workers, independent and sovereign, organized with all and for the good of all, as a unitary and Democratic Republic, for the enjoyment of political liberty, social justice, individual and collective well-being and human solidarity (Art. 1 of the Constitution).

Administrative division: 14 provinces: Ciego de Avila; Cienfuegos; Ciudad de La Habana; Granma; Guantánamo; Holguin; Isla de la Juventud; La Habana; Las Tunas; Matanzas; Pinar del Rio; Sancti Spiritus; Santiago de Cuba; Villa Clara; and 1 special municipality: Camaguey.

Independence: May 20th, 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US. from 1898 to 1902).

Constitution: February 24th, 1976; amended July 1992 and June 2002.

Suffrage: All citizens with legal capacity to do so, have the right to intervene in the State’s orientation, either directly or through the representatives they elected to integrate the organs of people's power, and to participate, for this purpose, as provided in the law, in periodic elections and referendums, through free, equal and secret vote. Each elector is entitled to vote (Art. 110 of the Constitution). Voting age: 16.

Executive branch: The Council of Ministers is the highest executive and administrative body and constitutes the Government of the Republic. It is one of the superior organizational structures of the people’s power and has a collegiate nature. It is made up by the Head of State and Government, who is its President, the first Vice-President, who is also first Vice President of the Council of State, Vice-Presidents, Ministers, the Secretary and those authorities that upon a proposal from the President are appointed to take positions as members of the Council by the people's National Assembly or by the Council of State.

The acting President ofGovernment: Cuba is a Socialist state of workers, independent and sovereign, organized with all and for the good of all, as a unitary and Democratic Republic, for the enjoyment of political liberty, social justice, individual and collective well-being and human solidarity (Art. 1 of the Constitution).

Administrative division: 14 provinces: Ciego de Avila; Cienfuegos; Ciudad de La Habana; Granma; Guantánamo; Holguin; Isla de la Juventud; La Habana; Las Tunas; Matanzas; Pinar del Rio; Sancti Spiritus; Santiago de Cuba; Villa Clara; and 1 special municipality: Camaguey.

Independence: May 20th, 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US. from 1898 to 1902).

Constitution: February 24th, 1976; amended July 1992 and June 2002.

Suffrage: All citizens with legal capacity to do so, have the right to intervene in the State’s orientation, either directly or through the representatives they elected to integrate the organs of people's power, and to participate, for this purpose, as provided in the law, in periodic elections and referendums, through free, equal and secret vote. Each elector is entitled to vote (Art. 110 of the Constitution). Voting age: 16.

Executive branch: The Council of Ministers is the highest executive and administrative body and constitutes the Government of the Republic. It is one of the superior organizational structures of the people’s power and has a collegiate nature. It is made up by the Head of State and Government, who is its President, the first Vice-President, who is also first Vice President of the Council of State, Vice-Presidents, Ministers, the Secretary and those authorities that upon a proposal from the President are appointed to take positions as members of the Council by the people's National Assembly or by the Council of State.

The acting President of the Council of State and, at the same time, the First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP) is Miguel Diaz Canel-Bermúdez. The First Vicepresident of the Council of State and Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the CCP is Salvador Valdés Mesa.

Legislative branch: U the Council of State and, at the same time, the First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP) is Miguel Diaz Canel-Bermúdez. The First Vicepresident of the Council of State and Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the CCP is Salvador Valdés Mesa.

Legislative branch: Unicameral National Assembly of People's Power (609 seats, elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions; members serve a five-year term).

Judicial branch: People's Supreme Court (president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly).

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

Area: 10.860 Km2

Boundaries:
North: United States and the Bahamas
South: Cayman Islands
East: México
West: Isla La Española

Climate: wet and tropical

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Languages: Spanish (official)

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Source: Cuba: National Socio-Demographic Profile. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. On line. Inquiry:  July 07, 2019

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