Two thirds voted "yes" to the new Family Code promoted by the regime. 20 evangelical denominations asked to vote against.

The Cuban regime hopes to validate the “Code of Families” through popular approval. Churches have been active in proposing changes to the project.

Transgender Member of Parliament Salma Luévano, who has won two lawsuits to be treated as a woman, proposes that the biblical position on sexuality be condemned by law.

Around 15,000 joined the march organised by evangelical groups. They asked to protect children from gender ideology initiatives in schools.

“We reject any declaration that does not respect the historic doctrines of our institution”, they say. Other denominations are also expected to leave.

During the last couple of decades around 300 churches have been planted here by people from a non-Swedish culture or nationality, mostly – but not exclusively – in larger cities.

According to a report by the US embassy in the country, they increased from 12% in 2008 to 26%-30% in 2020. It is the faith that has grown the most.

A survey identifies the interests, difficulties and hopes of young people, with religion playing a much less relevant role than in previous generations.

Evangelicals denounce that the Constitution “will divide rather than unite the people of Chile, weaken democracy” and that the government did reject their proposals.

Demonstrations began with the indigenous demands for reforms, due to high inflation and unemployment. Evangelicals call to “pray for peace” in Ecuador.

In Cuba, Christian associations such as the Patmos Institute or the Evangelical League offered their resources to those in need.

According to the authorities, the explosion was caused by a gas leak. The building of a nearby Baptist church was severely damaged.

Lorenzo Rosales is jailed in a high security prison since August 2021, after joining peaceful protests against the government. The European Parliament, US congressmen and human rights organisations called for his immediate release.

After a popular consultation on the new ‘Code of Families’, Cubans will vote the final text in a referendum in July. Evangelicals have criticised several parts of the draft law.

Manuel Garro Chacón has been serving a pastor for decades, but he is known for creating the police department of capital city San José.

The Congress approved the declaration of 19 November as National Day for the fight against child abuse. In Peru 80% of those cases take place in the household.

Pastor Rosales Fajardo is still in prison. In a letter to the UN, the Cuban government notes the eight-year sentence, that has yet to be communicated to his family.

Women of Hope is focusing on specific regions where women are commonly abused and exploited and where many have never heard God’s message of redemption.

“We will continue to defend and give voice to the voiceless”, said Peruvian evangelical congresswoman Milagros Aguayo, who participated in the march.

Since 1959, around 3,116 people have been shot on the island, mainly men and accused of common or political crimes.

Alejandro Giammattei, President of Guatemala: “This is a day to celebrate that we have a country that learns, teaches and does everything possible to respect life from conception to natural death".

The Guatemalan government celebrates a solemn act in the National Palace for the declaration of the country as Pro-Life Capital, with national and Latin American leaders.

The Law for the Protection of Life and the Family passed with 101 votes in favour, 51 abstentions and 8 against. Evangelicals presented 100,000 signatures requesting the approval.

Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Minister Mario Adolfo Búcaro talks about the country's declaration as the Latin American pro-life capital, and its policies in defence of the unborn.

The ruling of the Constitutional Court came during an extraordinary session marked by a pro-life rally under the motto “the silence of the innocents”.