The democracy, as some approaches to the term "is that system of government in which power’s sovereignty lies in and it is supported on the people.

There are several conceptions or ideas on the application of the term of how to form a direct democracy where the people are who makes all executive and legislative decisions or the representative democracy where the people by popular vote choose the authorities that will represent the citizens, in their decision making.

But in Cuba we have a DEMOCRACY that, although has been questioned by the enemies just because we do not adopt a multi-party system - as if it were the guarantor of the people’s welfare- has been much better than what we lived before 1959.

Where is the difference between one party and another in those democracies? Take, for example the United States, a country that has labeled itself a "paradigm" of democracy. We know that in other countries like Germany the procedure is different but the objectives are the same.

Let's not deceive ourselves. Elections, democracy and parties in those countries are ruled by the rich and you ought to have plenty of money to become a candidate. As José Martí wrote on the U.S. elections back in1888, if there was no money for the campaigns, then they were not serious.

We don’t need a campaign to nominate a delegate in Cuba, as nominations are done in popular meetings where neighbors freely nominate the one they consider are the best citizen that could represent them. The same neighbors could remove them from the position if the delegate doesn’t represent them duly.

For being elected, delegates have to reach no less than 50 percent of the votes, while casting the vote is personal and secret. The ballot boxes are guarded by children in the community giving this process a unique distinction.

The delegate must report systematically its management to their voters; therefore he lives in the community. Their voters turned to him to request representation efforts to solve community or personal problems and the delegate is obliged to process and give solutions to them.

Dear reader, Cuba is a poor country without many natural resources; bourgeois democracies and dictatorships in the style of many countries prevailed during the first half of the 20th century. How many illiterate people living at the poverty line, without electricity, deprived of the basic health services, were found when the Revolution succeeded on January 1st, l959?

Our traditions of struggle led by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, our first President of the Republic in Arms, and Ana Betancourt de Mora, a woman who defended the women's rights with the passion that characterizes many of our heroines, we can defend the rights won and improve them On the other hand, to strengthen the presence of women among those who will represent the people will give us the victory again.

This is the democracy that the vast majority of Cubans prefer.

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