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Election

Cuba · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1961

Fidel Alejandro Castro1 May 1961

Government / Communist Party Government

As hundreds of thousands celebrate May Day, Castro announces Cuba is a socialist nation & abolishes elections

Names involved

Fidel Alejandro Castro

Provenance

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