Democracy in Cuba

How are candidates nominated for delegates...
- to the Municipal Assemblies?
- to the Provincial and National Assemblies?
Why not let anyone stand and let the electorate decide?
How are election campaigns conducted...
- for the Municipal Assemblies?
- for the Provincial and National Assemblies?
How accountable are elected delegates?
What were the results of the 1998 National elections?
Was Fidel Castro elected President of Cuba?
Who got elected to the National Assembly?
What does the National Assembly actually do?
What real choice is there in Cuba's one-party system?
How are abuses of power prevented?
Why have candidates for the Provincial and National Assemblies never been rejected by voters?
Why have no opposition candidates ever been elected?
How is the Cuban electoral system any different from that in the former U.S.S.R.?
Why is only one political party allowed in Cuba?
What about claims that Cuba is not a democracy?

Arnold August, Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-98 Elections, Editorial Jose Marti, 1999
Constitution of the Republic of Cuba (English translation)