Santeria in venezuela

Santeria is a "religion" that we can say that it has increased over the years. In venezuela since started Hugo Chávez's Government, discussed and they have been linked with this same level of say that command to kill one of the elephants in a zoo in the country to do witchcraft and that command to remove the bones of the Liberator Simón Bolívar to performs r the same.

If you would like power to those who practice this religion?
Most of them always take place with them bracelets or necklaces green with yellow (mostly) and if not, as you can see in the first photo, loaded with distinctive which only they will have.

In the streets of the country, increases more and more the amount of stores dedicated to selling what are the materials for practicing this religion, from different types of Saints, to animals that tend to sacrifice in their rituals.

It is also known, that all those who are starting (men or women) should go wearing white for a year, shave his hair and can not take pictures. After that, "drop you" the Holy.

Some see it as a religion, others see it as a business. To "lower" the Holy, one hears that they charge up to 10 million bolivars (40$) and care if the figure that I'm saying is, because with the increase in the dollar on a daily basis and inflation facing the country, all prices go up and I guess for that also.

Then, the question that I have is:

• In a country in crisis, would resort to that religion shows you best roads? Best life? Because the Venezuelan population, this sort of thing just are in the area of lower middle class and the lower class.

Why?