Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba in 1959 and created a government based on

After the 1959 revolution, Fidel Castro established a one-party communist government in Cuba. This system concentrated political power in the Communist Party rather than allowing open competition among parties, so “a communist dictatorship” is the best answer. Cuba’s government was not based on democratic principles or a republic model in the usual sense of competitive elections and divided political power.

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