Summary: What happens when you mix drug cartels with religion? This week, Latin Pulse explores the rise of narco-religion in Mexico. The discussion includes a heady mix of discussion regarding the veneration of Catholic saints by violent criminals but also the rise of the devotion of folk saints such as Santa Muerte. The program also discusses curanderos and the use of witchcraft by the cartels. The news segment of the program covers the outbreak of violence in student protests in Chile; the protestors are calling for more equity in higher education in the country. The program includes in-depth interviews with: Andrew Chesnut of Virginia Commonwealth University; and Tim Knab of the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico. Executive Producer: Rick Rockwell; Producer: Jim Singer; and Production Assistant: Sierra Hancock. (To download or stream this podcast, click here.) (The program is 30 minutes in length and the file size is 42 MB.) podcast news Latin America Mexico religion Chile students education Michoacan media internet YouTube violence blasphemy curanderos Drug War Catholic Church Argentina Colombia folk saints protest movement drug cartels Jesus Malverde Sinaloa Cartel St. Jude Thaddeus Knights Templar Cartel Servando "La Tuta" Gomez Martinez La Virgen de Guadalupe Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman San La Muerte Los Zetas Cartel Tijuana Cartel Arellano-Felix Cartel narco-religion Sinaloa Santa Muerte Paraguay death cults Beltran-Leyva Cartel folk religion Pope Francis indigenous religion
