One Year Later: How Cuban Evangelicals Powered The Revolution ‘11J’

July 11, 2021, was the largest protest seen in Cuba in 62 years, since the socialist Cuban Revolution. Everyday Cubans risked attacks and harsh jail sentences to speak out against their government, many inspired to do so by their Christian faith. The series of protests lasted seven days, triggered by a shortage of food and medicine and the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Protestants Are Now Cuba's Most Repressed Religious Group, Tally Finds

Since “11J,” the name given to the July 11, 2021, widespread protests in Cuba, state persecution of Protestant pastors spiked. Today, an increasing number of religious leaders and churches are questioning police repression or speaking out against the Cuban government.

Evangelicals, Latin America, News, North AmericaYoe SuárezJanuary 19, 2022Yoé Suárez, Primary Feature, evangelicals in Cuba, Cuban repression, religious freedom in Cuba, Cuba protests, 11J, Yoe Suárez, Secondary Feature, RechargeComment

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