Cuban referendum puts new constitution before the people

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CUBA-CONSTITUTION-REFERENDUM-VOTING-DIAZ-CANELCuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel casts his vote in the referendum for the new Cuban Constitution in Havana, on February 24, 2019. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa / POOL / AFP)

Cuba is voting on a new constitution, the first new charter since 1976. As CGTN’s Luis Chirino explains, it makes fundamental changes to the island’s politics.


Remi Piet on Cuba’s constitutional referendum

Remi Piet, a Research Associate at Florida International University and the Senior Director at Americas Market Intelligence, discusses with CGTN’s Wang Guan about Cuba’s constitutional referendum.