The United States joined freedom activists on Feb. 26 to dismiss the results of Cuba’s national referendum—which was orchestrated by the communist regime—and to condemn the new constitution.
“No one should be fooled by this exercise, which achieves little beyond perpetuating the pretext for the regime’s one-party dictatorship,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. “The entire process has been marked by carefully managed political theater and repression of public debate.”
