Cubans back new constitution

Document enshrines one-party rule but paves way for modest economic reforms

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The government has waged a blitz media campaign to win support for the new constitution
(Image credit: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images)

Cubans have given their backing to a new constitution that paves the way for modest economic reforms but maintains the one-party system, in the biggest expression of public opinion in the country for more than forty years.

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