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Cuba expands rights but rejects radical change in updated constitution

  • Written by María Isabel Alfonso, Professor of Spanish, St. Joseph's College of New York

Cuba has rejected a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in its new and revised constitution, a move that disappointed some gay rights activists.

An article that would have redefined marriage as a “union between two people” – rather than a “union between a man and a woman” – was eliminated from a proposed new...

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