What do Venezuelans believe in.
Opposition supporters hold a rosary with a flyer showing presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez during a prayer event in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 21, 2024. Venezuela is set to hold presidential elections July 28. But as they prepare for the upcoming presidential election, it's hard to say exactly how religious Venezuelans are and what specifically they believe. The government has not released official figures in more than a decade.
Enrique Alí González, a sociologist who compared the university’s data with his field work, estimates that the current religious affiliation would be as follows: Catholics 82%-84%, Evangelicals 10%-12%, Santeria believers 1.5%-2% and atheists 1%. Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslims, Bahá’í and other minorities would make up the remaining percentage.
What Pérez Hernaíz and fellow researchers have noticed, though, is that the number of evangelicals has increased in recent years. But without official records it is impossible to specify how much.There are several examples. In 2013, when his presidential campaign had just started, Maduro said a bird appeared while praying alone in a chapel. He said it was the late President Hugo Chávez, giving him his blessing.
Decades later, Chávez promoted a “divinization” or “human cult” toward himself, Alí Gónzalez said. He also allied himself with evangelical sectors.
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