The gospel officially arrived in Cuba in 1511, when Spanish conquistador Velázquez established the Catholic Church on the Caribbean island. But since then, the gospel message has been trampled as genocide, plantation slavery, war, and hardship have afflicted Cubaâ??s people.
Since 1960, dictator Fidel Castro, 88, and now his brother-successor Raul, 83, have held Cuba in their brutal grasp. Under Castro, 99 percent of Cubans read and write by age 15, and starvation is rare. These are great social advances. But freedom to worship God as one wishes has been subject to extreme state control. Cuba is a police state.
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