On July 21, the Cuban National Assembly the approved a new preliminary constitution. It had been created by the government’s reform commission headed by Raul Castro and the newly appointed president Miguel Diaz-Canel.

This time, the regime has promised a full reform, replacing the partial reforms made to Cuba’s Soviet-era Constitution of 1976, 1978, 1992, and 2002. Sadly, however, there’s little reason to believe that this new document will include any of the real changes Cubans desperately need.