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34. One doesn't vote for parties in Cuba. No party organizes any candidates.

Wed May 7, 2014, 03:03 PM

May 2014

No smokey back room deals with party honchos on the take. Like here.

In Cuba the candidates run on their own platform and are nominated in open nomination sessions. I've been to several of the open nomination sessions, so, I know of what I speak.

Plus, Cuba's system is a variant parliamentary system - like most all parliamentary systems around the world, direct election of the Head of State isn't the case. The parliament (in Cuba, the National Assembly) selects the HoS from the elected body of the assembly.

You would know this IF you hadn't been a refusenik to the information I've posted for you many many a time.
It seems that your approach to this discussion is much like Fox news ... keep asking a strawman question based on a false assumption.

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Congress members visit American jailed in Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn May 2014 OP

Working for a CIA front MyNameGoesHere May 2014 #1

"hard-to-detect Internet networks" dipsydoodle May 2014 #2

15 years pipoman May 2014 #3

For a tourist maybe dipsydoodle May 2014 #4

If he was working for the government, the government pipoman May 2014 #5

Bad blood there dipsydoodle May 2014 #6

Let's be serious here MyNameGoesHere May 2014 #7

+1 Daniel537 May 2014 #65

Cheers for the progressive reps visiting him. geek tragedy May 2014 #8

Its called sovereignty, FYI. Mika May 2014 #9

It's an authoritarian dictatorship geek tragedy May 2014 #10

Sorry, gt. Not so. Mika May 2014 #12

Right, right, they just happen to vote for the same guy for 40+ years....lol EX500rider May 2014 #16

Ranked 190 out of 197...! EX500rider May 2014 #17

Thanks for bringing us the Freedom House (and other contrived BS) numbers. Mika May 2014 #18

Not quite as funny as you thinking it's a vibrant democracy... n/t EX500rider May 2014 #19

I'm basing my comments on actual experiences IN Cuba. Mika May 2014 #20

Ah, the Dennis Rodman argument. nt geek tragedy May 2014 #22

haha +100 n/t Bacchus4.0 May 2014 #29

Gosh I've never been to N Korea either.. EX500rider May 2014 #25

And reporters without borders...they make up their numbers also? EX500rider May 2014 #26

Then, tell us their sources of information in Cuba. Because Rw/oB isn't in Cuba. Mika May 2014 #42

If the internet is controled and the press is restricted then it's easy to see where the score came EX500rider May 2014 #47

Freedom House? Not a trustworthy source, by any means. Judi Lynn May 2014 #23

None of that changes that it is a police state dictatorship. n/t EX500rider May 2014 #24

A country that forbids Internet access to most citizens geek tragedy May 2014 #21

Why did you leave? And is everyone free to leave? nt okaawhatever May 2014 #38

I'm American. Mika May 2014 #44

Oh. Well maybe soon all the travel restrictions will be removed. I thought maybe Cuba had changed okaawhatever May 2014 #45

The Castros have nothing to do with it. It is the US that makes travel difficult. Mika May 2014 #50

Changed back in 2012 dipsydoodle May 2014 #55

Now, now geek, you know we got some lovers of the gilded cage here.. n/t EX500rider May 2014 #15

Thank you... Deuce May 2014 #11

Democrats know the U.S. has been trying to completely crush Cuban independence since the 1800's. Judi Lynn May 2014 #13

Amazing that so many "democrats" support nations with far less democracy than Cuba's. Mika May 2014 #14

Reserve those jeers for the US govt. Daniel537 May 2014 #64

Judi, u got a star..why not post a poll over in GD: Cuba: vibrant democracy/police state? EX500rider May 2014 #27

How many more years of U.S. sanctions do you think it will take...... Paladin May 2014 #28

So a US trade embargo means you have to have a 1 party state? EX500rider May 2014 #32

Ask the Castro brothers that one. Paladin May 2014 #33

I am all for normal relations with Cuba... EX500rider May 2014 #35

If we got all pissy about having to deal with police state/dictatorships....... Paladin May 2014 #41

heck no, pretty island.....just hope they get some more freedom some day EX500rider May 2014 #46

Hard to lose sleep over something one doesn't know anything about. n/t Mika May 2014 #49

Lets do that poll, but, for those who have actually been to Cuba. Mika May 2014 #30

So what other parties can you vote for besides the Communist Party? EX500rider May 2014 #31

One doesn't vote for parties in Cuba. No party organizes any candidates. Mika May 2014 #34

Uhuh, what u mean is there is ONLY the Communist party. n/t EX500rider May 2014 #36

No. Don't put words in my mouth. Mika May 2014 #39

What's the name of the main opposition party geek tragedy May 2014 #37

Probably the Cuban Christian Democratic Party Mika May 2014 #40

Does the CCDP have a mailing address in Cuba yet? geek tragedy May 2014 #43

Yes they can. And they do. Mika May 2014 #48

If everyone loves the government and Communist party so much, why geek tragedy May 2014 #51

The entire communities get involved in the elections. Why didn't you know this? Judi Lynn May 2014 #52

The CDRs' function is monitor dissidents as well as elections. geek tragedy May 2014 #54

Lies. You don't know this. You're making shit up. Mika May 2014 #56

You've never seen or heard the slogan: geek tragedy May 2014 #58

Its back to that pesky sovereignty issue you don't like. Mika May 2014 #59

No, opposing Cuba's authoritarianism and mass surveillance geek tragedy May 2014 #60

Cuba's mass surveillance? ROFL. Mika May 2014 #61

Exactly dipsydoodle May 2014 #53

It's as simple as this: same family in control for over 50 years= 1 party state EX500rider May 2014 #57

See what I mean, fellow informed DUers. Mika May 2014 #62

And the 1 party state fans bois dream on.. EX500rider May 2014 #63