Even before attaining its independence from Spain, Cuba had several constitutions either proposed or adopted by insurgents as governing documents for territory they controlled during their war against Spain. Cuba has had several constitutions since winning its independence. The first constitution since the Cuban Revolution was drafted in 1976 and has since been amended. In 2018, Cuba became engaged in a major revision of its constitution, which was widely discussed by the people and by academics. The current constitution was then enacted in 2019.
Events in early 19th-century Spain prompted a general concern with constitutions throughout Spain's overseas possessions. In 1808, both Ferdinand VII of Spain and his predecessor and father, Charles IV of Spain, resigned their claims to the throne in favor of Napoleon Bonaparte, who in turn passed the crown to his brother Joseph Bonaparte. In the ensuing Peninsular War, the Spanish waged a war of independence against the French Empire. On 19 March 1812, the Cortes Generales in refuge in Cádiz adopted the Spanish Constitution of 1812, which established a constitutional monarchy and eliminated many basic institutions that privileged some groups over others. The Cortes included representatives from throughout the Spanish Empire, including Cuba.
Several models of constitutional government were proposed for Cuba. es offered "a charter for Cuban autonomy under Spanish rule" in Diario de la Habana in 1810, elaborated as the Project for an Autonomous Government in Cuba in 1811. The next year, Bayamo attorney Joaquín Infante living in Caracas wrote his Constitutional Project for the Island of Cuba. He reconciled his liberal political principles with slavery in Cuba, noting that slavery existed in the United States alongside republican government. Spanish authorities imprisoned him for his writings. In 1821, Félix Varela represented Cuba in the Cortes Generales of Spain during a short period when the Constitution of 1812 was revived.
Cette page est générée automatiquement et peut contenir des informations qui ne sont pas correctes, complètes, à jour ou pertinentes par rapport à votre recherche. Il en va de même pour toutes les autres pages de ce site. Veillez à vérifier les informations auprès des sources officielles de l'EPFL.
Even before attaining its independence from Spain, Cuba had several constitutions either proposed or adopted by insurgents as governing documents for territory they controlled during their war against Spain. Cuba has had several constitutions since winning its independence. The first constitution since the Cuban Revolution was drafted in 1976 and has since been amended. In 2018, Cuba became engaged in a major revision of its constitution, which was widely discussed by the people and by academics.
Cuba, en forme longue la république de Cuba (en República de Cuba), est un État insulaire des Caraïbes formé de l'île de Cuba (la plus grande île des Antilles), de l'île de la Jeunesse (appelée île aux Pins jusqu'en 1978) et de cayes et îlots. Il est situé à l'ouest des grandes Antilles, à la confluence de la mer des Caraïbes, du golfe du Mexique et de l'océan Atlantique ; au nord-est des Îles Caïmans ; au nord-nord-ouest de la Jamaïque ; à l'est du Mexique (Yucatán) ; au sud-sud-est de la péninsule de Floride ; au sud-ouest des Bahamas ; à l'ouest d'Haïti et des îles Turques-et-Caïques.
Le Parti communiste de Cuba (Partido comunista de Cuba, abrégé en PCC) est un parti politique communiste cubain formellement fondé en 1965 et depuis le parti unique. D'obédience « martiste et marxiste-léniniste », il dirige le pays depuis sa création. Fidel Castro en est le premier secrétaire de sa fondation au . Il est alors remplacé par son frère Raúl Castro, qui dirige déjà le pays de 2008 à 2018. Il est membre de la COPPPAL. La constitution cubaine de 1976 précise que .