This Pew Research Center study explores a wide variety of spiritual and religious beliefs in six Latin American countries. Our survey included some questions we previously have asked in many countries, such as whether people believe in God and whether they believe in an afterlife. But we also asked about beliefs that are often associated with folk religions – including Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian or Indigenous faiths – such as beliefs in spells and various kinds of spirits.12 A note on beliefs and practices associated with Latin American folk religions In addition to exploring large faiths such as Catholicism and Protestantism, this Pew Research Center survey measures some beliefs and practices associated with Latin American folk religions, broadly referred to as Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian or Indigenous religions. The region’s folk religions include Umbanda, Candomblé and Santería.…