75 | Is there a demonic root to communism?
While most communist regimes are considered officially atheistic, in this podcast I ask the odd question, Is there a demonic root to communism?
All posts tagged: Cuba
Did the Cuban Counsel try to intimidate Cuban Canadians?
According to Post Millennial, CiberCuba reported that the Cuban Consul in Canada tried to derail a pro-democracy conference being sponsored by a Montreal-based Cuban group that is being held today (Aug 5, 2021).
Is Communist China involved in Cuba?
With the recent protests sweeping across Cuba calling for an end to communism, the Western Journal reports that the Cuban government has sent out its elite Special National Brigade (BEN) to quell the dissent.
Biden’s administration sends 27 Cuban refugees back to Cuba
The Blaze is reporting the US Coast Guard sent out a news release bragging about how it caught 27 Cubans fleeing the communist regime and sent them back to Cuba, where they will undoubtedly face jail time.
Hypocrisy: BLM sides with Cuba’s communist tyrants?
When you hear about the people of Cuba taking to the streets demanding and end to oppression, you would expect that Black Lives Matter (BLM) would automatically side with their fellow protestors (many of them are black) who are being beaten, arrested and shot by Cuban police.
Cuban pastors arrested during pro-freedom protests
Over the weekend, thousands of Cubans took to the streets across the country peacefully protesting the oppression of Cuba’s communist regime, resulting in about 200 protestors being arrested. According to Reverend Jatniel Peréz, President of William Carey Biblical Seminary, this included three protestant pastors and a Catholic priest.
Cubans take to the streets with cries for freedom
Over the weekend, thousands of Cuban took to the streets across the island nation calling for an end to its communist rule. It is the largest anti-government protest, that Cuba has seen.
Report: 30,000 political arrests in Cuba
According to the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH), over the past five years the communist government of that country has arrested over 30,000 because of their political ideology that opposes the communist regime.
The struggle for religious freedom in Cuba
Though still a communist nation, in 1992, the Cuba government reclassified itself as a secular nation under its constitution instead of an atheistic one. At the same time, it also partially lifted restrictions on religion and since then Christianity has seen remarkable growth in that country. The country’s current ruler, Raul Castro, the brother of Fidel who died in November 2016, actually attended a Jesuit school before the 1959 Communist revolution. He has been in charge in Cuba since 2011. Under his rule, the Catholic church has retained some favor with the government and in 2014, Cuba allowed a Catholic church in Santiago to construct a new building. It was the first church built in Cuba since the 1959 Communist revolution. The government has also declared Christmas and Good Friday as national holidays. In 2015, President Raul met with Pope Francis and after his meeting commented that he was seriously thinking of going back to church. When reporters laughed, Raul stated, “I’m serious.” But there still remains a tension between the government and Christians. In …
The Cuban church thrives in difficult times
History has repeatedly shown when the Christian church undergoes persecution it thrives. We see this at the start of the early church in the Book of Acts where believers were martyred (Acts 7:54-60) and often thrown in prison (Acts 12). But as this was happening Luke says the church grew as people were added daily (Acts 2: 41-47). This happens because during times of persecution, God will pour out His Holy Spirit resulting in miracles, healings, salvations and rapid church growth. In a recent report on CBN.com, Heather Sells talks about the incredible growth in the Cuban church despite resistance and outright persecution by the Communist regime under the Castro brothers who have ruled Cuba for decades. Believers in Cuba go one step further and claim their suffering has directly contributed to the church’s growth on the island nation. According to the report, over 16,000 new evangelical churches have started in Cuba since 1995. There are two styles of churches in Cuba. On one hand there are churches that follow the traditional model of meeting …
Bibles pouring into Cuba for the first time since 1969
According to a report by Christian Today, in July 2015 the International Missions Board sent 83,000 copies of the Bible into Cuba. In 2014, the Cuban government, for the first time in nearly five decades, allowed the American Bible Society to bring Bibles into the country. So far it has distributed 60,000 Bibles, printed in Korea, through multiple ministry partners. The opening of the door to the Bible was due in part to negotiations leading to normalization of Cuba’s relationship with the US. The arrival of the Bible in Cuba is profound considering there is nearly a 100% literacy rate in the country. However, though they can read most people can’t afford to buy books which opens the door for free Bible distribution. Ministries are finding even those who don’t consider themselves Christians are interested in a copy of the Scriptures. Other than a brief experiment with the idea in 1969, this was the first time Bibles were legally allowed into the communist country since Fidel Castro’s revolutionary forces conquered Cuba in 1959. Castro ruled …
New, more virulent form of HIV discovered in Cuba
Cuban Doctors have discovered a more lethal form of HIV in some patients on that island nation. Normally, it takes anywhere from five to 10 years for HIV to develop into full-blown AIDs. An individual’s health usually plays a role in how quickly that happens. However, this new form of HIV is making the transition in three years and the individual’s health does not seem to be a factor.
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