The meeting seeks to bring together “hundreds of faith, government and community leaders” to “pray for the freedom of Venezuela and Cuba.”
MIAMI, United States. – The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC) called on the Cuban exile in South Florida to a religious and civic event titled “Prayer for a free Venezuela and a free Cuba”, scheduled for Sunday, January 18 at 6:30 pm at the evangelical church Presencia Viva Church (7500 NW 25th Street, Unit 11, Miami, Florida 33122).
According to the ARC, the meeting seeks to bring together “hundreds of faith, government and community leaders” to “pray for freedom of Venezuela and Cuba”, in a call that the organization frames as an event “of faith and patriotism”. The press notice maintains that, in the opinion of the ARC, “freedom for both countries has never been closer”, and adds that prayer, “the one that ‘moves mountains'”, is “necessary for events to be guided towards a successful result.”
The organization reported that “Republican federal senator from Florida Ashley Moody” will participate along with “several other elected and community leaders” from the city. Moody was appointed to Florida’s U.S. Senate seat.
In the statement, the ARC also links the call in Miami with an “intense day of community and faith events” that, according to it, “are taking place in Cuba” under the slogan “Save Cuba.”
On January 12, Christian leaders from different denominations within the Island also 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 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.”
