Semana Santa /tags/semana-santa Semana Santa en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:00:00 GMT Cubans seek solutions and solace in SanterĂ­a amid crises /latin-america/2023-04-10/cubans-seek-solutions-and-solace-in-santeria-amid-crises While nearly 70% of Latin America’s 670 million people consider themselves Catholic, in Cuba, SanterĂ­a is the name of the game. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:00:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-04-10/cubans-seek-solutions-and-solace-in-santeria-amid-crises Associated Press Across Latin America, Semana Santa is back — en persona /news/2022-04-13/across-latin-america-semana-santa-is-back-en-persona For the past two years, the pandemic shut down Latin America's renowned Holy Week, or pre-Easter processions. This year they're back across the region. Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:50:58 GMT /news/2022-04-13/across-latin-america-semana-santa-is-back-en-persona Tim Padgett P.1 And Politics: Will Semana Santa Make Latin America's New COVID Surge Worse? /news/2021-03-30/p-1-and-politics-will-semana-santa-make-latin-americas-new-covid-surge-worse COVID-19 cases and deaths are spiking anew in Latin America — and its spring break week could create superspreader conditions for a dangerous virus variant. Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:00:44 GMT /news/2021-03-30/p-1-and-politics-will-semana-santa-make-latin-americas-new-covid-surge-worse Tim Padgett, Luis Hernandez COVID-Christianity: This Is 'Semana Sana,' Except Where Religious Recklessness Rules /news/2020-04-08/covid-christianity-this-is-semana-sana-except-where-religious-recklessness-rules COMMENTARY On the opening page of his guerrilla memoir "Fire from the Mountain," Nicaraguan revolutionary Omar Cabezas calls his birthplace "a ghost town”… Wed, 08 Apr 2020 23:33:38 GMT /news/2020-04-08/covid-christianity-this-is-semana-sana-except-where-religious-recklessness-rules Tim Padgett Venezuela: Nicolás And His Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Semana Santa /news/2017-04-12/venezuela-nicolas-and-his-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-semana-santa COMMENTARYHow much do Venezuelans hate President Nicolás Maduro? Apparently they revile him so much that – in a country where food shortages are so acute… Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:09:26 GMT /news/2017-04-12/venezuela-nicolas-and-his-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-semana-santa Tim Padgett