“The current draft omits a clause in the 1976 constitution on the ultimate aim of building a ‘communist society’, instead simply focusing on socialism. ‘This does not mean we are renouncing our ideas,’ Esteban Lazo, president of the National Assembly, was quoted as saying by state-run media. Cuba had simply moved into a different era following the fall of the Soviet Union, he added.”
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