https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p Made with a dash of wit en-us 2018-08-16 18:55:05 UTC 2018-08-20 04:42:48 UTC hello@padlet.com leo_aira https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273575915 Cuba was led by a dictator that had total control of his citizens. This is very different than the democracy that we live in the United States. We get to vote for our president and our state leaders. We get to propose laws too. In Cuba, they just have to live with the life that the government gives them. ]]> 2018-08-16 19:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273575915 leo_aira https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273584333 Cuba has a national legislature called the National Assembly of People's Power. It has 612 members elected every 5 years. They meet twice a year to approve decisions by the executive branch. Technically, citizens are allowed to vote in Cuba. But their vote does not have much influence on the government.]]> 2018-08-16 19:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273584333 leo_aira https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273589930 The government controls the economy and keeps the worker's salaries low in exchange for free healthcare.  They lower the cost of housing for workers too but the houses are in bad condition.  Many Cubans are living in shelters. The Cuban government has also been accused of human rights abuses such as torture and wrongful imprisonment. There were also unfair trials and executions.]]> 2018-08-16 19:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273589930 leo_aira https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273806957 The Cuban government began to control most of the Cuban lives under the communist system. You were not allowed to disagree with the Cuban government or Fidel Castro in public. Some people were even put in jail. Most people did not like the government and how it controlled their lives. They tried to leave for freedom.]]> 2018-08-17 19:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273806957 leo_aira https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273965853 Cuba was under a dictator named Fidel Castro since 1959.  His army took over the communist party.  He made himself the President, Chief of Sate, Head of Government, Prime Minister, First Secretary, and Commander in Chief of the armed forces.  He led until 2006 and he had a illness and was forced to hand over his duties to his brother Raul Castro. Fidel died in November 25,  2016.]]> 2018-08-20 03:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/leo_aira/zzpyiuf7y27p/wish/273965853