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The Castro brothers expropriated Catholic schools, exiled priests because executing them would cause too much of an outrage even for a dictatorship, officially declared Cuba an Atheist state, prohibited religious gatherings and much more. Cuba was 90% Catholic in 1958 and is still 50% Catholic despite the regime's attempts to stamp out religious faith. I think that's just amazing.
Religious history complicated in communist Cuba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Cuba
Religious history complicated in communist Cuba
The Communist Party that has ruled the island ever since closed churches, nationalized properties owned by religious organizations and forced the faithful underground.
The sweep was so broad in the 1960s that Castro even closed down the Jesuit high school he and his brother attended, forcing the priests to pack up and move to Miami. It was one of over 400 Catholic schools closed throughout the nation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Cuba