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Niurka Marcos Accused of Sacrificing Dogs

May 1, 2024
Why was Cuban actress Niurka Marcos, who practices Santería, accused of sacrificing dogs in Mexico? One, haters. Two, bigotry. Three, still an icon.
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Cuban-Mexican novela actress Niurka Marcos, who practices the Afro-Caribbean religion Santería, has been accused of sacrificing dogs. Last week, photos surfaced that showed Marcos, 56, visiting a dog shelter...
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Daniela. Have you heard of or remember Nura Marcos?
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Nothing. You know the video where she's at the airport?
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She's like Ben. Ben.
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Ben. OK, Ben.
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Never. No, no,
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just me. Educate me please on a tree.
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Ok. Wells is an actress.
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She is a burlesque dancer.
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She's an icon. She's a queen.
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She's a diva and now she's been accused of sacrificing dogs to
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practice her religion. Santeria,
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they posted photos on social media of Nura in a dog shelter
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in Mexico and said that she was looking for dogs to sacrifice
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That's, that's an intense accusation.
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I mean it is,
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but Nura did deny the claim saying that she's a dog lover
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and she was just visiting the she to help.
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She said I can't force people who don't know about my religion
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to study. It seems like people just don't know enough about
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Santeria and they just want to talk shit.
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So and you guys is Cuban and has talked about practicing Santeria
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for years calling herself a Santer de Corazon and those people are
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just being prejudiced against her at the end of the day.
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I agree. That's right.