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María José Carpio-Ulloa

PhD in Rule of Law and Global Governance from the University of Salamanca and a degree in Geography from the University of Costa Rica. Specialist in the geopolitics of Latin America, with an emphasis on the analysis of religious political parties and far-right dynamics.

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The return of the shepherd: Leo XIV and the geopolitics of faith in Latin America

Pope Leo XIV's tour of Latin America aims to restore the Catholic Church's influence in the face of political polarization and the rise of the far right.