Government

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=Cuban Government=

 Cuba is a mostly communist country. The conventional long form of government is the Republic of Cuba. Cuba won independence on May 20th in 1902. The government does not acknowledge this day as a day of independence.

The legal system is based off of Spanish civil law. Fidel Castro is the President of the Cuban government. He is also Chief of State, Head of Government, First Secretary of the Communist Party, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The communist party is the only legal political party in Cuba. According to the Soviet-style Cuban constitution of 1976, the National Assembly of People's Power, and its Council of State when the body is not in session, has supreme authority in the Cuban system.



Puerto Rican Government
 Puerto Rico has a commonwealth government. Its unincorporated. Puerto Rico has policy relations with the United States conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of President. Puerto Rico has no independence because it is a territory of the United States. They celebrate the U.S. Independence Day on the 4th of July. Their constitution was ratified March 3rd, 1952 and was approved by the US congress on the 3rd of July that same year. It went into effect 23 days after. The Puerto Rican legal system is based on spanish civil law code and within Us federal system of justice.