[ Ссылка ] The Cuban president has re-affirmed the communist island's commitment to a one-party political system, dashing any faint hopes dissidents may have had of fundamental democratic reform.
At a communist conference in Havana Raul Castro said allowing more than one party would open the door to US interference.
"We defend the one-party system over the game of demagogy and the commercialisation of politics," he told delegates.
Castro did, however, announce the government would push ahead with changes to limit the terms of office of Cuba's top leaders.
