<P> Cuba has had a communist political system since 1959 based on the `` one state -- one party '' principle . Cuba is constitutionally defined as a Marxist -- Leninist socialist state guided by the political ideas of Marx , one of the fathers of historical materialism , Engels and Lenin `` . The present Constitution also ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba to be the `` leading force of society and of the state '' and as such has the capability of setting national policy . </P>
<P> Cuba has had a communist political system since 1959 based on the `` one state -- one party '' principle . Cuba is constitutionally defined as a Marxist -- Leninist socialist state guided by the political ideas of Marx , one of the fathers of historical materialism , Engels and Lenin `` . The present Constitution also ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba to be the `` leading force of society and of the state '' and as such has the capability of setting national policy . </P>
what kind of government system does cuba have
what kind of government system does cuba have
communist
communist