The Virgin Of Guadalupe's Role In Latin American History
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The Virgin of Guadalupe, after appearing to Juan Diego, a new Christian, has a complicated history of associations. Through time, she was used for both freedom and control by different groups. Guadalupe has remained in Latin American history despite those changes, though. The Virgin of Guadalupe is connected to the native people but also incorporated deeply into the Spanish Catholic practice. Guadalupe was changed and used by the Spanish conquerors in an effort to convert more native people to Catholicism. In the 16th century, they had failed to erase pagan practices so they used the old gods and symbols of the people in the Catholic religion. Creating their Guadalupe they combined the mother of God and native mother goddesses. The image