There was a time when Cuba's religious foundation was much like the rest of its Latin American neighbors — a reliable bastion of Catholicism. Then came Fidel Castro.
While the constitution and government that Castro and his bearded rebels established after taking over the island in 1959 allowed for freedom of religion, that wasn't the case in practice. The Communist Party that has ruled the island ever since closed churches, nationalized properties owned by religious organizations and forced the faithful underground.
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