Latin America Archives - Killing the Buddha

Clouds and light facing west down the Beagle Channel. Photo by author.

The End of the Earth

By Michael Snyder | July 18, 2011

Bringing the gospel where it isn’t really wanted.

"Talking Ayahuasca" by Ayahuasca_Pix via Flikr.

Meriado

By Alli | March 22, 2011

Feeling the Vision in Peru.

Hugo Chavez Prays on Twitter

By Nathan Schneider | November 27, 2010

The December issue of Harper’s includes some pretty intriguing translated tweets by Hugo Chavez, the socialist president of Venezuela. Chavez has always had a touchy relationship with religion; he’s gone…

Mural by Juan O'Gorman in the town library of Patzcuaro, Mexico. Photo by Howie S., at Western Civ.

Paradise for Pagans

By J. C. Hallman | August 9, 2010

Thomas More’s Utopia was a joke that nobody got—especially in the New World.

“Romero is always present,” says Ana Grande, 30. A 2005 mural by J. Reyes Yasbek entitled Verdad y Justicia (“Truth and Justice”) attests to Romero’s continuing legacy in the struggle for social justice. All photos by Richard Amesbury.

Presente

By Richard Amesbury and Andrew Kirschman, S.J. | March 22, 2010

Archbishop Romero’s legacy survives in El Salvador.

Reading Signs for the General

By Sean Manseau | May 12, 2005

When the stars fail to align, a fortune teller makes her own future.

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