As you enter. SS6CG2 The student will explain the structures of national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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SS6CG2 The student will explain the structures of national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.

 Cuba is a dictatorship. A dictatorship is a form of government in which a ruler or small clique wield absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws).

 Brazil-  Chief of state: President  Head of government: President  Brazil has a President who is both the chief of state and head of government.  Elections: President and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a single four-year term. (CIA World Factbook)  Bicameral National Congress consists of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.  Members of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies are elected.  Suffrage: Voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military conscripts do not vote

 Mexico  Chief of state: President  Head of government: President  Mexico has a President who is both the chief of state and head of government.  Elections: President elected by popular vote for a single six-year term.  Bicameral National Congress consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.  National Congress and Chamber of Deputies members are elected by popular vote.  Suffrage: 18 years of age; compulsory (but not enforced)

 Cuba  Chief of state: President  Head of government: President  Cuba has a President who is both the chief of state and head of government.  Elections: President and vice president elected by the National Assembly (legislature) for a term of five years; election last held February The president and vice president were elected with 100% of the legislative vote.  Cuba’s Communist Party is the only legal party, and officially sanctioned candidates to the Legislative branch (Nation Assembly) run unopposed.  Unicameral National Assembly of People's Power.  Members are elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions to serve five-year terms.  Fidel Castro ruled Cuba from 1959 to When he stepped down his brother Raul became ruler.  Suffrage: 16 years of age.