(US, politics, chiefly, _, historical) A country under the control of a Communist regime (especially the Soviet Union).
Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump claimed that "socialism is dying" and described Cuba as a "captive nation." But Cuban officials framed voting yes to the constitution as a matter of patriotism.
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