Charles Guelperin is a Santería priest who runs a shop at a strip mall in Hollywood called Botanica El Congo Manuel, situated between a Pizza Loca and a Pupusa Loca. Born in Argentina, Guelperin ...

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HAVANA (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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