Season 2 has been released on Netflix. KingdomSeries Marcelo Pineyro And Claudia Pineiro It is suggested that it could be any Argentine country, however, which places the struggle between absolute good and evil in an imaginary Argentina. Latin America Where an evangelical pastorHe is coming to the presidency with a right-wing political program, played by Diego Peretti. “Evangelism associated with politics, growing dangersays one of her actresses, Nancy Dupláa, but this concern has already been signaled by the social sciences. As can be seen in a pre-campaign action last Saturday attended by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Isabel Díaz Ayuso and José Luis Martínez-Almeida, the Popular Party in Spain is closer . demonic figures and the call to puritanism of any kind has long ceased to have marginal audiences.
Half a century ago, the evangelical congregation 3% of the Latin American population. That number has increased at least sevenfold today, with even more exceptional circumstances. Inside Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua rate is 40%. Inside Brazil 30% drillIt is added that some of his churches held considerable political power, as demonstrated during the Jair Bolsonaro era and now in front of a government with opposing signs. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. To win the election, the leader of the Labor Party (PT) had to woo his priests and seek forced forms of coexistence. set the temples on fire and make a deal with the devil.
Chilean sociologist Marta Lagos, director of the Latinobarómetro, drew attention to the lineage of priests who went out in search of men and women who had lost their faith in the Roman Catholic Church. “It has a great effect, especially among the poorest people.” Candidates from all parties took note of these cultural shifts and went out to get those votes.
From Fujimori to Bolsonaro
The natural tendency of Pentecostal churches is to ally with conservative sectors. the rise Alberto Fujimori In Peru in the 1990s, evangelicals were quietly accompanying him. If at the time these affirmations were discreetly expressed, then at this point pastors no longer hide their views. desire to interfere with public order nor in governments. Bolsonaro himselfevangelical group“. Same thing happened with actor and president in Guatemala Jimmy Morales and his successor, Alejandro Giammattei. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of Buenos Airesis struggling to reach the presidency on behalf of the right in the October elections. He added the following to his team, which faced the primaries for that field in August: Cynthia Hottona staunch anti-abortion and spokesperson for stubborn verb priests.
But it’s not just the conservative fan that has come out to meet these churches. Arrival of the Mexican presidency Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at one point linked to the decision to support him by the Evangelical Social Encounter Party. Son Nicolas Maduro Deputy Nicolás Maduro Guerra is the main articulator of relations between the Venezuelan Government and the evangelicals, to whom the Miraflores Palace distributes nuts and fish. Pedro Castillo came to the presidency of Peru, accompanied by evangelists of the Popular Agrarian Front (FREPAP), a political wing of the Universal Pact Israel Mission, a religious organization founded by the self-proclaimed prophet Ezequiel Ataucusi Gamonal. Gustavo Petro For his part, he managed to persuade Pastor Alfredo Saade to join the left-wing coalition Pacto Histórico, which became Colombia’s first president last year.
an uncompromising agenda
Support from evangelicals always involves some kind of trade-off: for these sectors there are non-negotiable aspects such as policies. “pro-life” and “pro-family”. Even Lula had to demonstrate against abortion in the middle of her election campaign. Pastors may or may not have party representation. The fact is that they have become inevitable interlocutors for the authorities and often leave their mark on public policy.
Sherry Kingdom mocking criticism. However, at constant temperature erosion of trust in democracy The story of an Evangelical pastor who reaches the heights of power as a system that can resolve tensions and manage consensus begins to take on disturbing truth-like overtones. This possibility, nine years ago, Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD) He inaugurated the Temple of Solomon in Sao Paulo. Its 100,000 square meters can gather more than 10,000 believers. “Stop Suffering”, is the slogan that IURD spread throughout the region and even Spain. Brazilian shepherds have become regular characters in cities across the region. Edir Macedor, the leader of the IURD, was a modest popularizer of scriptures in 1970. He is now one of Brazil’s richest men and is a frequent guest on the magazine’s listings. forbes.