Before Bermúdez, the previous Congress had two Black men in senior positions: First Vice President Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández and Salvador Valdés Mesa, President of the National Assembly. 
Kabla ya Bermúdez , bunge lililopita lilikuwa na wacuba weusi wawili wa kiume katika nafasi za juu: Makamu wa kwanza wa Rais Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández and Salvador Valdés Mesa, ambaye alikuwa rais wa bunge la taifa.