By Patricia Grogg HAVANA, Oct 10 (IPS) - Pastors and representatives of Protestant churches expressed their disagreement with a report from the United States that describes Cuba as one of the countries that restrict the practice of religion and said that, on the contrary, they have absolute freedom to practise their faith. The U.S. report shows "ignorance, falsehood and manipulation," Cuban Baptist pastor Raúl Suárez told IPS, in rebuttal of the U.S. State Department's 2008 Report on International Religious Freedom, according to which the government of Cuba "continued to place restrictions on freedom of religion." According to the report, the Venezuelan government, "motivated by political reasons," had also made "some efforts to limit the influence of religious groups." The document, released in mid-September by the Bureau of...
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