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Drawing from recent literature on religion and pandemics, this study investigates how religious factors (vaccine scepticism, virus concern, restriction acceptance) and partisan divides (acceptance/rejection of government actions based on political leaders' rhetoric) shaped COVID-19 attitudes in Mexico. I analyse a national online survey conducted in December 2020. Religiously, Catholics and Protestant/Evangelicals showed higher presidential trust and took fewer precautions; Protestants/Evangelicals also distrusted medical research. Politically, trust in the president reduced vaccination likelihood. These findings underscore the prominent role of politics over religion in shaping public attitudes during the pandemic, suggesting political cues were crucial in navigating the health crisis.
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The Bulletin of Latin American Research publishes original research of current interest on Latin America, the Caribbean, inter-American relations and the Latin American Diaspora from all academic disciplines within the social sciences, history and cultural studies. In addition to research articles, the journal also includes a Debates section, which carries "state-of-the-art" reviews of work on particular topics by leading scholars in the field. The Bulletin also publishes a substantial section of book reviews, aiming to cover publications in English, Spanish and Portuguese, both recent works and classics of the past revisited.
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