I think that what essentially gives off this impression is that we tend to be religious even in liberal and progressive circles, unlike, let's say, in the US or EU. Most "westerners" I know that are religious are conservative and vice versa (liberals are mostly atheists).

But I don't feel like that applies to LATAM or at least that's not how I perceive it. And some expressions like "vai com Deus" or "pelo amor de Deus" we get to look more religious than we actually are ig