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Old Nov 13, 2016, 9:50 am
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VidaNaPraia
 
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Originally Posted by djjaguar64
There are 2 religions in Cuba Catholicism & Santeria!

You remember the American guy who brought in electronic equipment and was arrested.
It's lucumi, more correctly, actually.

Arrested. Convicted. Imprisoned.
Cost the US quite a bit politically/diplomatically to get him back.
Clearly the OP is too naive to believe this could happen to her or too blinded by her need to spread her religious beliefs.

I think it's natural for some Americans to want to "do good", when going to a place that is perceived as poor/deprived, but they do not fully understand the larger political situation they are sticking their fingers into.
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