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Many of Bencastro's homesick characters insist on seeking the healing treatments of a curandero, who has "a gift from God who has put him here to help poor people who, far from their homes and their customs, are suffering and don't have the time or money to go to doctors who don't understand their language or their illnesses" (164). Chavarria's conviction was the second this year of a high-profile curandero whose patients found the healer on a radio show hosted by disc jockey ``El Cucuy'' (The Boogeyman). The pueblo loves its curandero, so what do we gain out of making enemies? |
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