US EditionSpiritual ties of ousted Venezuelan President Maduro and successor include guru Sathya Sai Baba
Maduro and Rodríguez honor Sathya Sai Baba, whose teachings attract about 200,000 Venezuelan followers in a syncretic religious landscape blending Catholicism and spirituality.
- Earlier this year, Venezuela's former President Nicolás Maduro and acting President Delcy Rodríguez publicly honored Sathya Sai Baba, with Maduro displaying a large framed photograph at Miraflores Palace.
- Scholars note Venezuela's syncretic religious ecology, which blends Catholicism, evangelical Protestantism, Afro-Indigenous traditions, and transnational figures without exclusive conversion, explaining leaders' diverse spiritual references.
- In interviews with the organization's channel, Rodríguez said she felt Baba's presence during dangerous times, and videos show her visiting Puttaparthi in 2023 and 2024.
- Following the capture, Indian outlets published a 2005 photo of Maduro with Sai Baba, and Maduro pleaded not guilty while describing himself as 'a man of God'.
- Some estimates put Venezuela's Sai Baba following at about 200,000, and the organization opened its first Caracas center on Aug. 22, 1974, now centered in Abejales, Táchira with a Human Values School about 465 miles west of Caracas.
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Chicago Tribune
By Deepa Bharath and María Teresa Hernández. Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and current interim President Delcy Rodríguez—both raised Catholic in a predominantly Christian country—have a deep reverence for an Indian spiritual leader who died in 2011. Religious identity is complex in Venezuela, where it is common for people to combine various religious and spiritual practices. For Maduro and Rodríguez, that combination includes the te…
Spiritual Bonds: Venezuela's Leaders and Sathya Sai Baba
Spiritual Bonds: Venezuela's Leaders and Sathya Sai Baba Venezuela's political leaders, including former President Nicolas Maduro and acting President Delcy Rodriguez, deeply admire Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian spiritual leader who passed away in 2011. They've incorporated his teachings into their personal belief systems, combining them with their Catholic upbringing in a predominantly Christian nation.During his presidency, Maduro often cited rel…
Spiritual ties of ousted Venezuelan President Maduro and successor inc
Venezuela’s former President Nicolás Maduro and current acting President Delcy Rodríguez — both raised Catholic in an overwhelmingly Christian country — have a deep reverence for an Indian spiritual leader who died in 2011. Religious identity is complex in Venezuela , where it is common for people to blend multiple religious and spiritual practices. For Maduro and Rodríguez, that blend includes the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba, who has had a str…
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Spiritual ties of ousted Venezuelan President Maduro and successor include guru Sathya Sai Baba
Venezuela’s former President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez were both raised Catholic in an overwhelmingly Christian country.
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