Santa Muerte Saint of Holy Death Standing Religious Statue 7.25 Inch White Tunic Purification Santisima Muerte Sculpture

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Yuri related how many people were now suffering in Quintana Roo. The area is entirely dependent upon tourism, and only those in the smaller sectors of fishing and agriculture have been mostly unaffected. Due to coronavirus, hotels and beaches have been closed and tourists have no longer been flooding the area with their American dollars. Innumerable people have been furloughed from their jobs andare struggling to support their families. The press stated that over 80,000 people had lost their jobs, and we should note that those figures do not count those working in the informal economy (Vasquez 2020). Furthermore, coronavirus is fueling crime as many have turned to illegal methods to ensure their survival.

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The phenomenon is based mostly among people with scarce resources, excluded from the formal market economy, as well as the judicial and educational systems, primarily in the inner cities and the very rural areas. [23] Devotion to Santa Muerte is what anthropologists call a "cult of crisis". Devotion to the image peaks during economic and social hardships, which tend to affect the working classes more. [15] Santa Muerte tends to attract those in extremely difficult or hopeless situations but also appeals to smaller sectors of middle class professionals and even the affluent. [10] [42] Some of her most devoted followers are outcasts who commit petty economic crimes, often committed out of desperation, such as sex workers and petty thieves. [15] [23]