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In 2002 supporters of a movement known as the Varela Project submitted a citizen proposal of law with 11,000 signatures calling for a national referendum on political and economic reforms. The Government response was to collect 8.1 million signatures to request that Cuba's National Assembly enact a constitutional amendment making socialism an ...
The council also proposes general plans for economic and social development, which are in turn authorized by the National Assembly twice yearly. The Council of Ministers also directs Cuba's foreign policy and its relations with other governments; approves international treaties before passing them over for ratification of the Council of State ...
In 2021, Cuba's "economic freedom" score from the free-market oriented Heritage Foundation was 28.1, ranking Cuba's economy 176th (among the "least free") on such measures as "trade freedom, fiscal freedom, monetary freedom, freedom, and business freedom". Cuba ranked 31st among the 32 South and Central America countries, with the Heritage ...
After 16 years of non-constitutional government from 1959 to 1975, the revolutionary government of Cuba sought to institutionalize the revolution by putting a new constitution to a popular vote. The Constitution of 1976, modeled after the 1936 Soviet Constitution , was adopted by referendum on 15 February 1976, in which it was approved by 99.02 ...
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It remained under a U.S. military government until 1902, when the U.S. oversaw the creation of a new government. The Diario de sesiones del Congreso de la Republica de Cuba (Daily sessions of the Congress of the Republic of Cuba) show how Cuban law was shaped during this period.
Fair payments and economic redistribution; Nationalization of railways, power plants, and telecommunications; The free market and respect for private ownership; Social corporatism and labor rights; The left-wing of the PPC-O had its most influence in the party's youth wing, the Orthodox Youth (Juventud Ortodoxa).
From 1970 to 1980, the Soviet Union was fully immersed in Cuba's economic affairs. [12] In 1972, Cuba joined the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, COMECON, [12] and by the end of the 1980s, 85% of Cuba's foreign trade was with members of COMECON. [11] From 1985 to 1989, 74.4% of all Cuban exports were sugar and related products. [13]