{"id":26736,"date":"2025-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-cuba-6410\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:58:32","slug":"prayer-diary-cuba-6410","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/prayer-diary-cuba-6410\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/b4ab2ff70eff17812b3cb73b46ace664.jpg\"\/> The Ladies in White, or Las Damas de Blanco, are a peaceful protest movement in Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After church, they walk silently through town to remind the government that they are still awaiting the release of their unjustly detained family members. To prevent this, the Cuban authorities detain members of the group every week during the hours of Sunday Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They might be taken to a Department of State Security facility or a local police station. Or they might be forced to sit, hand-cuffed, inside a police vehicle parked in the sun with the windows rolled up and without access to water. They might be fined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They might be allowed to leave the detention facility to go home, or they might be driven outside of urban areas and forced to find their own way home from remote locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Pray for the Ladies in White this week, taking a few names each day and asking God to guard their way.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Give thanks for their courage and determination.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray that their loved ones would be unconditionally released and returned home.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray that the authorities would end their decades-long crackdown on these women, and would instead pour their resources and efforts into something good.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>In Havana:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berta Soler Fern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gladis Capote Roque<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mar\u00eda Josefa Acon Sardi\u00f1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marieta Mart\u00ednez Aguilera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yolanda Santana Ayala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zenaida Hidalgo Cede\u00f1o<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>In Santa Clara (Villa Clara):<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marbelis Gonz\u00e1lez Reyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yaima Elena P\u00e9rez L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>In Banes (Holguin):<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marexis Luzsao Tamayo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yaimara Vargas Arango<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>In C\u00e1rdenas, Col\u00f3n, Perico, and Uni\u00f3n de Reyes (Matanzas):<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amada Rosa Herrer\u00edas Rodr\u00edguez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asunci\u00f3n Carrillo Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caridad Burunate G\u00f3mez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsa Osiris Castro Palau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia Silvia Gonz\u00e1lez Fundora<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lazara Le\u00f3n Cabrera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lazarahy Valido Cambert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leticia Ramos Herrer\u00eda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marisol Socorro Fern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maritza Acosta Perdomo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayra Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes De la Guardia Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes de la Caridad Bacallao de la Guardia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Odalis Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramona Terrero Batista<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rebeca Santos Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonia \u00c1lvarez Campillo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soraya Vicencio Campos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesenia Campillo Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yudaixis P\u00e9rez Meneses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2025-01-18-prayer-diary-cuba.pdf\">Download a printable copy of this week&#8217;s Prayer Diary<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily prayer points for Cuba<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":8656,"template":"","regions":[140,137],"class_list":["post-26736","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-cuba","regions-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41406,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26736\/revisions\/41406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}