Havana, Cuba, Jun 6, 2005 / 22:00 pm
An analyst of the Cubanet news agency said this week that despite efforts by the Castro regime to portray itself as open to religious freedom, no such freedom exists in Cuba.
“You cannot speak of religious freedom in the Cuba of today. The certain freedom that exists to exercise some religious practice is far from authentic religious freedom,” said Jorge Ramon Castillo in an article entitled, “Is There Religious Freedom in Cuba?”
“In Cuba there is no religious freedom. Its a sad reality that surprises many because of the successful manipulation carried out by the regime through its sophisticated, sometimes subtle, propaganda machine in order to confuse it with freedom of worship,” Castillo wrote.
The Cuban analyst looked back at the country’s history and noted that the “lack of religious freedom began with the revolution in 1959. The Catholic Church was the religious institution most attacked by the revolutionary horde that came to power.”