Supported by the ARC and activists inside and outside the Island, they call to unite in a movement of faith for “national salvation from oppression and corruption.”
MADRID, Spain.- Christian leaders from different denominations within the Island began a national day of prayer under the motto “Save Cuba”with the objective of raising prayers for “national salvation from oppression and corruption” and promoting, from faith, a spiritual and civic transformation of the country.
The initiative seeks to articulate churches and Christian communities in a common movement aimed at “a transformation of the country towards the light”, and has the participation of religious leaders, civic activists and members of the diaspora.
The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC) expressed its support for the day through a resolution in which it states that this call aims to “unite and raise the spiritual power of the Cuban nation for a new chapter in the history of Cuba.” The organization also stressed that the start of the campaign occurs “at times of great expectations on the Cuban horizon.”
The slogan “Save Cuba” has a historical significance within exile and opposition to the regime. It was conceptualized by the anti-communist martyr Virgilio Campanería and gave title to the National Unity Conference “Save Cuba”, organized by the Cuban Democratic Directorate on September 13, 2025, on the 35th anniversary of that organization. This meeting managed to bring together a wide range of sectors of the Cuban resistance.
As part of the visibility of the day, Radio República broadcast a video in which several religious leaders participate. In the material, the Camagüey priest Castor José Álvarez Devesa expressed: “Save Cuba from division, from evil and we want to save Cuban families. We ask for prayer to save Cuba, save your family.”
Other participants pointed out: “Saving Cuba is being able to restore the hearts, minds and dreams of Cubans. It is being able to (recover) what they buried, what they killed, what they made all Cubans lose. It is telling them that there is an opportunity, it is telling them that we hope for a different Cuba, that we awaken a different Cuba from the hearts, from the dream, from the emotions, feelings and will of the Cuban (to) be able to dream again, to be able to say again that yes it is possible.”
In the same audiovisual testimony, the social impact of the crisis was emphasized: “Save Cuba so that the sick can have quality care as they really deserve,” and “that children can have a better future, they can grow up with more opportunities.”
The “Save Cuba” event is presented as a civic-religious call that seeks to articulate faith, hope and spiritual mobilization in response to the profound political, social and humanitarian crisis that the country is going through.
