People Are Pissed After This Network Reduced Santa Muerte & Malverde to “Narco Saints”

Yara Simón — Wed, 08 May 2019 21:26:42 +0000

There’s no denying the connection between cartels and Santa Muerte and Jesús Malverde, but there’s more to the folk saints than just that. Santa Muerte is seen as a patron saint for the LGBTQ community, Latinx sex workers, immigrants, and others who have been marginalized. Similarly, Malverde, whose origins do trace back to cartels, appeals

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These Costa Rican Artists Turned Their Drawings into a Creepy Animated Short

Mary Angelica Molina — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:56:24 +0000

Eduardo Brenes Angulo and Grettel Monge made a short called 'Malverde' that kind of looks an M.C. Escher drawing brought to life, but darker and weirder.

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