It borrows the gods or Orishas from that religion. However, due to the Catholic influence of Spanish colonizers, these saints were hidden and worshiped under the guise of Catholic saints.

Five people have died after drinking a poison potion in a Santeria ‘power’ ritual, police in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca said Wednesday. Iván García Alvarez, the Oaxaca state police ...

A doll depicting the Yoruba deity Yemayá is propped up on a chair before the start of a Santería ceremony in the home of Mandy Arrazcaeta, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

Neighbors in SW Miami-Dade fed up with carcasses in public spaces 02:36. Five people have died after drinking a poison potion in a Santeria "power" ritual, police in the southern Mexico state of ...

In Cuba, santería, a fusion of African religions and Catholicism, grows in popularity after enduring decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government.

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 pushed historic numbers ...