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Cuban Democracy: Yanqui Student Gets an Education

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Is Cuba Really A Democracy?

The Daily (University of Washington) - Jan 3, 2006
http://thedaily.washington.edu/

Correspondence from Cuba:

A First-Hand Education

By David Ryder

Ask yourself, what do you know about Cuba? Why does our country
prohibit all trade and support for Cuba. Is it safe? Do Cubans like
Americans?

Our ignorance is undeniable, and that is why one of the most common
response that I heard from my friends and family before leaving for
winter quarter abroad was: "Cuba huh. Well be careful!" But do any of
my friends or family members even know what it is that is so
dangerous? If we're not allowed to go to Cuba, there must be
something our government is protecting us from, right...? Is it just
that they're all gosh darn Commies? Is it the overbearing dictatorial
rule of Fidel Castro that is so horrible?

Most Americans don't know that Cubans consider their political system
to be a democracy, and Fidel Castro is their duly elected head of
state of Cuba. General elections are held throughout the country in
every neighborhood. Each leader who is elected at this beginning
level acts as a kind of city council member, each within their
prospective neighborhood.

These leaders then meet to vote for a representative for the next
level of government. The leaders of this level then vote again, and
this process is continued all the way up to the election of
president. This is the process which has produced Fidel Castro as
Cuba's leader under regular, fair elections since the revolution in
1959.

Some might argue that this is not a true democracy, because the Cuban
people do not directly vote for their upper level of leadership.
However, the electoral college in the United States creates the same
type of gap between the people and the election of the president. Our
beloved current president lost the popular vote during the general
elections of 2000, yet was still elected thanks to the electoral
college. Bush lost by a large gap in the states that he lost the
popular vote, while winning in enough states to earn the large amount
of electoral votes that put him in the oval office.

Some Americans may also argue that since only one political party in
Cuba exists, the Cuban Communist Party, the Cuban democratic system
is fundamentally flawed. But when framing the American democracy
within the greater context of global politics, one can see the
differences between Republicans and Democrats are miniscule. And,
effectively all other American political parties are negligible,
leaving us in a very similar situation as Cuba. Also, there are many
differences among Cuban communists, and there are Cubans who run for
office that do not identify with the Cuban Communist Party.

I am not saying that the Cuban system is superior, nor am I saying
that it is without any flaws. What is important to understand,
however, is that Cubans do see themselves as having a fair democratic
society, and through this system Castro has been elected repeatedly.
He is not a dictator and is supported by most of the Cuban people.
Our government has promoted the ignorant and negative beliefs of the
American people because of a lingering fear of communism from the
Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis.

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