Probably because it doesn’t fit into their narrative of Cuba as a dictatorship, almost no mainstream media covered the recent elections in Cuba, bar Al Jazeera and VOA.
in Cuba participated in the elections on Sunday [March 26]. The average turnout for parliamentary elections in .
People aged 18 to 35 represented .
People can vote in favour of all 470 candidates, for just some of them, or for none. The list was compiled in November, and of it is made up of representatives that people chose directly in municipal elections, while the other half comes from nominations from various sectors and organisations of civil society, such as workers, women, and farmers.
The participation was down from previous years, but the called by critics had little impact.
The deputies serve for five years, and don’t receive a salary.
The new National Assembly members will take office on .
[Reprinted from , which provides news overlooked by mainstream Western media.]