{"id":26574,"date":"2021-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-cuba-5504\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:57:51","slug":"prayer-diary-cuba-5504","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/prayer\/prayer-diary-cuba-5504\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In July protests sprang up across Cuba, as the country\u2019s citizens united to call peacefully for their basic rights. The protests followed months of severe food and medicine shortages, exacerbated by a spike in COVID-19 infections. The government responded harshly, and the peaceful protesters were violently attacked. Many human rights defenders and some religious leaders were detained for peacefully expressing their views. For updates on this developing situation visit csw.org.uk\/cubaprotests<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 12 December<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 800 people were detained during and in the days following the protests, many of them held incommunicado for varying lengths of time and now facing charges like \u2018disrespect\u2019 and \u2018public disorder\u2019 which carry long prison sentences. Those who were released report being under surveillance. Pray for complete emotional, psychological and physical healing from their ordeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 13 December<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastors Y\u00e9remi Blanco Ram\u00edrez and Yarian Sierra Madrigal were detained on 11 July, held for two weeks and fined following their release. Pastor Yarian\u2019s wife and child were evicted after their landlord was threatened that he would lose the property if he did not evict them. Pray for God\u2019s protection over them and their families, and that Yarian\u2019s family would find a new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 14 December<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reverend Jatniel P\u00e9rez Feria told CSW that for weeks following the protests, his home was under 24-hour surveillance, with a State Security vehicle blocking his door, effectively putting him under house arrest. He also received threatening phone calls warning him to stop speaking out about imprisoned religious leaders. Pray for his protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 15 December<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo was detained with his 17-year-old son, David, after taking part in a peaceful march. David was released after being \u2018disappeared\u2019 for a week, but Pastor Lorenzo has been charged with \u2018public disorder, disrespect, criminal incitement and assault\u2019 and is being held in a maximum security prison. His wife, Maridilegnis, was fired from her job and has had limited opportunities to visit him. Pray that the family would be reunited in freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 16 December<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many denominations and religious groups made bold public statements calling on the government to release all those detained in relation to the protests. Give thanks for this demonstration of unity, and pray for protection over all who spoke out and who may be targeted as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 17 December<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Castor \u00c1lvarez Devesa is a Roman Catholic priest in Camag\u00fcey. He was detained, beaten and imprisoned overnight after he attempted to assist an injured protestor on 11 July. Although he was released from prison, he is still facing criminal charges and has been banned from traveling while awaiting trial. The date of the trial and the exact charges have not been shared with him but he believes they include \u2018public disorder\u2019. Praise God for his courage and pray for his protection and that all charges against him would be dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18 December<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Almighty, sovereign over all nations, we cry out to you for transformation. You hold the hearts of kings and rulers in your hands, so we ask that you plant truth, righteousness and justice in the hearts of all those who govern in Cuba. May your Holy Spirit be at work removing the roots of injustice and planting seeds of justice, freedom and hope. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week’s prayer points for Cuba.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8344,"template":"","regions":[140,137],"class_list":["post-26574","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-cuba","regions-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41244,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26574\/revisions\/41244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}