Reply #16: Oh please. Cuba initiated a parliamentary system in 1976.

[Mika]

More anti Cuba mewling. More lies stacked upon myth. DeWayne Wickham should go to Cuba and see for himself what is there NOW.

While I agree with his assessment on Cuba's historical lack of democracy, he makes no mention of the revolutionary change that occurred in Cuba in 1976.

Democratic processes evolve in all countries that initiate democratic processes, and none are perfect or utopian. Cuba's democratic process is evolving and improving, but, by and large, Cuba is currently a democracy. Now I know that this raises the ire of the Cubaphobes/Castro-fixated (the DU Cuba "experts" who mewl about Castro did this and Castro did that, and who have never been there), but, generally speaking, these "experts" are uninformed on the subject and know about as much about Cuba NOW as would fit on the head of a very small pin. Their obsession with Castro gets in the way of much rational reasoning.


I recommend this book for all who are really interested in this subject.

Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-98 Elections
Arnold August
1999
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0968508405/qid=1053879619/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-8821757-1670550?v=glance&s=books