“Parables” is a book of 33 pictures of Cuban life published in the official Cuban press. Their sources range from magazines, newspapers like Granma, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party, to government periodicals and books on the history of the Revolution. These photographs constitute a chronological narrative that illustrates not only the Cuban Revolution but also the New Testament. In these photographs, the life of Fidel mirrors that of Christ, from his childhood in Nazareth until his ascension into Heaven.Just as Christianity appropriated pagan festivals, the Cuban Revolution built an important part of its history on the religious sensibility of its people. “These are the days to unite” is an official buzzword in Cuba. Three Popes visited Havana and believers can also be members of the Communist Party. Iconic expressions of Christianity have been given a new political meaning. We attempt to reveal this disguised mechanism, to make visible the religious roots of our idolatry, and to show that recent Cuban history is, in part, a retelling of one of mankind's oldest stories.