# Raul Castro's daughter casts the first-ever "No" vote in the Cuban Parliament

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**Created:** [August 20, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-castros-daughter-casts-the-first-ever-no-vote-in-the-cuban-parliament/696036 "2014-08-20T20:39:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-castros-daughter-casts-the-first-ever-no-vote-in-the-cuban-parliament/696036/1 "2014-08-20T20:39:38Z")

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Story [here](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/mariela-castro-raul-no-vote-discrimination). It was on a bill against discrimination in the workplace – she felt it didn’t go far enough.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-castros-daughter-casts-the-first-ever-no-vote-in-the-cuban-parliament/696036/2 "2014-08-20T20:42:52Z")

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Proof that there is political freedom in Cuba - for members of the Castro family.

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-castros-daughter-casts-the-first-ever-no-vote-in-the-cuban-parliament/696036/3 "2014-08-20T20:44:29Z")

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The revolution is off to a slow start.