From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside. They watch ...

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Four men and a woman have died after drinking a poisoned potion during a Santeria ritual in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities said Wednesday. The five victims, who ranged in age from 18 ...

Is it possible that the historic deal on Cuba struck today between Barack Obama and Raúl Castro — with the pope’s help — came about because it is one of Santería’s holiest days of the year? December ...

The offering was for Ochún: the Lucumí orisha, or deity of fresh water, luxury, love, beauty and sweet things. Álvarez León, ...

It's not every day that Baptists, Mormons and the National Association of Evangelicals are bound in common cause with Presbyterians, Lutherans and liberal groups such as Norman Lear's People for the ...

HAVANA, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Priests from Cuba's Afro-Cuban Santeria religion on Tuesday warned that rising homicides and a spike in illness could worsen an already punishing economic crisis that has ...

A history of the Santeria religion's origins in the traditions of enslaved Africans. Santeria was created in Cuba by the mingling of Yoruba traditions brought by enslaved Africans from Nigeria and ...

HAVANA (AP) — A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government.

From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside. They watch ...