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Since
The rebel Army of about 9000 strong
under the supreme command of Fidel Castro
entered Havana in 1959 after the departure of
Fulgienco Batista a picture of
gradual but steady concentration of
power in the hands of the revolutionaries
has taken place in Cuba.
The
original triumvirate consisting of
Fidel Castro, Prime Minister, his
brother Raul as a deputy and Che
Guevara, the third in command, set
in motion a series of revolutionary and nationalistic policies which
increased its popularity in the
masses and place it in a course of
unavoidable confrontation with the traditional domineering
forces of the country and the US
interests in the Island.
The traditional domineering forces
were shaped throughout Cuba
history by the logistics of Spanish
colonization and the production
goods by the island. During
the time of colonization, the
landowners became gradually the
latifundios which had huge
plantations of sugar and thousand of
African slaves. After the
emancipation of the slaves, this
structure remained as central
organizational schematic of the
Cuban economy. As it
happen, in all the colonies in the
Americas, the conflict of interest
between the land owners and the
colonial power created an embryonic
nationalistic movement. This
nationalistic movement gave the
national identity of Cuba its primary
anti colonialist and anti imperialist
nucleus which will be used with
tremendous success by Fidel Castro
against his political enemies and
against the United States.
The Fundamental instrument of
political power in Cuba is the Cuban
Communist party which is the only
recognized political party in
Cuba. It is headed by Fidel
Castro who is assisted by a directorate.
In 1976 Cuba published the socialist
constitution which proclaimed the
adhesion of the country to the Marxist
Leninist ideology and international proletarian's
power movement. This
constitution was modified later but
the fundamental law governing the
country remained the same and Fidel
Castro remains in power.
Read
the 1976 Constitution
View
the picture of the key individuals in
the power structure of Cuba
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