Download Name 1A) What title does the leader of Cuba have? 1B) What took

Name
1A) What title does the leader of Cuba
have?
1B) What took place for this person to
become the leader?
1C) Was there competition in the
election?
1D) How do you know?
1E) Which freedom is necessary for
Competitive Elections?
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chief of state: Pr esident Michel Mi guel Elias TEMER Lulia (sinc e 31
August 2016); Vice President (vacant); note - the pres ident is both c hief
of state and head of gover nment
head of government: President Michel Miguel Eli as TEMER Luli a
(since 31 August 2016); Vi ce Presi dent (vacant)
cabinet: Cabinet appoi nt ed by the president
elections/appointments: president and vice pr esident dir ectly el ected
on t he s ame ballot by absolute majority popular vot e i n 2 r ounds if
needed for a single 4-year term (eli gibl e f or a second term); el ection
last hel d on 5 October 2014 wit h runoff on 26 October 2014 (next t o be
hel d October 2018)
election results: Dilma ROUSSEFF r eel ected pr esident i n a r unoff
electi on; percent of vote - Dilma ROUSSEFF (PT) 51. 6%, Aecio NEVES
(PSDB) 48.4%
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The government continues to balance the need for loosening
its socialist economic system against a desire for firm
political control. In April 2011, the government held the first
Cuban Communist Party Congress in almost 13 years,
during which leaders approved modest reforms.
2A) Who is the doing something (or
making decisions) in the Cuban
economy?
The Cuban regime has updated its economic model to
include permitting the private ownership and sale of real
estate and new vehicles, allowing private farmers to sell
agricultural goods directly to hotels, allowing the creation of
non-agricultural cooperatives to increase productivit y
2B) Circle all the time words like
approve, permitted, control and
government show up.
Since late 2000, Venezuela has provided petroleum
products to Cuba on preferential terms, supplying nearly
100,000 barrels per day. Cuba has been paying for the oil,
in part, with the services of Cuban personnel in Venezuela,
including some 30,000 medical professionals
2C) How did Cuba pay for the oil from
Venezuela?
2D) Do you think these people had a
choice?
3A) What about Cuba’s location
determines how people have tried to
flee? What dangers would they face?
3B) What are Cubans fleeing from in
Cuba and trying to escape?
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The number of Cubans trying to reach the United States in rafts and
small boats has grown, possibly because of the restoration of
diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Coast Guard
reports.
With 121 people in boats stopped at sea and repatriated to Cuba last
week, the Coast Guard estimates 4,308 Cubans have attempted to
illegally migrate to the United States since October 1, 2014, according
to a Coast Guard press release. Most of these attempts occurred in
the Florida Straits on unseaworthy vessels.
About 3,900 Cubans tried to reach the country by sea during the
previous fiscal year -- October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014, the
Coast Guard said.
The Cuban media are tightly controlled by the government and
journalists must operate within the confines of laws against antigovernment propaganda and the insulting of officials which carry
penalties of up to three years in prison. Private ownership of
broadcast media is prohibited, and the government owns all
mainstream media outlets.
Cuba
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What type of Government does Cuba have? _________________________________
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What type of economy ____________________________________________________
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