CUBAN CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF LATIN AMERICA. NOTES FOR A COMPARATIVE STUDY

The geographical environment of Cuba is the Caribbean. But its roots are found in Hispanic Latin America from the common colonizing history; which caused language, religion, customs, culture to be shared. Also, a sense of identity arising from the struggles of resistance, and emancipatory aspirations against the imperial hegemon. In Cuban constitutional studies, comparative law has been used as a resource to compare specific institutions, but not in historical-constitutional studies. The above influences, that is: With whom is the comparison made? It doesn't correspond to the Caribbean. With Latin America? This article investigates that particular. The objective is to reveal if there are common points of Cuban constitutional law with that of the region.