31st Jan Following the enactment of the Socialist Constitution, adopted without following the procedures laid out in the Constitution of 1940, the Republic of Cuba is defined as a socialist state
Ascribes the role of the CommunistParty of Cuba (PCC) to be the "leading force of society and of the state"
This constitution was replaced by a new Socialist Constitution, which claims to be guided by the ideas of Jos‚ Martˇ, and the political ideas of Marx, Engels and Lenin