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Capital city
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Havana |
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Corruption
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3.8 |
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[60th of 160]
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Judicial branch
People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly) |
Legal system
based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal concepts, with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Legislative branch
unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (609 seats; members elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions to serve five-year terms) |
Legislative branch > Election results
percent of vote - PCC 97.6%; seats - PCC 609 |
Legislative branch > Elections
last held 19 January 2003 (next to be held in 2008) |
National holiday
Triumph of the Revolution, 1 January (1959) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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28% |
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[10th of 143]
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Political parties and leaders
Cuban Communist Party or PCC [Fidel CASTRO Ruz, first secretary] |
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Prime minister
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Fidel Castro |
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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36 %
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[9th of 174]
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Status
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dictatorship |
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Suffrage
16 years of age; universal |
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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1,937
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...
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[20th of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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379
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[43rd of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease |
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UN membership date
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24 Oct. 1945 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/cuba |
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
Columbia Heights |
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