Cubans vote on Sunday to pick 470 members of the country's National Assembly in a closely watched election seen as a referendum on the communist-run government at a time of deep economic crisis
The winning 470 candidates, who serve for five years, will choose the next president of Cuba from among their ranks, further raising the stakes of Sunday's vote.
Ana Lydia Velazquez, a 78-year-old retired Havana resident, told Reuters that message resonated with her. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who voted in his hometown of Santa Clara just after sunrise on Sunday, said the people would have the last word. The 470 candidates on Sunday's paper ballot are vying for 470 open seats. There are no opposition candidates.
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