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TikTokking for God (and power)

Latin American evangelicals take their politics to TikTok. The mix can be dynamite.

Latin American evangelical preachers have been taking their conservative politics to TikTok. The mix can be dynamite. Left-wing parties have dominated in recent elections, but the phenomenon is growing, in an exceptionally lax social media environment. What does this tell us about religion and politics - and the media - in the region today?

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