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Hot Headlines: 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Mexico, Elián Gonzalez 10 Years Later and more

By Mariela Rosario | 04/06/2010 - 16:15 | 0 Comments

7.2 Earthquake Hits Mexico
Over the weekend, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake ripped through Mexico and Baja California, resulting in injuries to hundreds and three reported deaths. Since the original temblor, there have been 500 aftershocks, causing the...

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Dolores dice...Can't We All Just Get Along?

By Dolores | 04/05/2010 - 18:00 | 1 Comment

Dear Dolores:

There are so many Latinos from different parts of Latin America coming into this country, but I feel like we are all so separated from each other. I hear people spew hate against other people who are just like them. We might come from different countries and have different backgrounds, but here, we’re all treated the same. Why can’t we...

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Acclaimed Teacher Jaime Escalante, Inspiration for "Stand & Deliver" Dead at 79

By Mariela Rosario | 03/31/2010 - 13:00 | 2 Comments

Acclaimed teacher Jaime Escalante passed away yesterday at the age of 79, succumbing to bladder cancer after years of fighting the disease. The educational superstar was determined to see his students succeed and thought of ingenious ways to teach math to his wayward charges, many of whom had already been written off by the system.

In 1982, Escalante...

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Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan & Shakira Speak Out in Support of Las Damas de Blanco

By Mariela Rosario | 03/26/2010 - 15:00 | 1 Comment

A group of mothers, wives and daughters who regularly protest in the streets of Cuba for political prisoners were recently subject to brutal suppression by the authorities and heckled by supporters of the Castro dictatorship. During the protests on March 18, Cuban police dragged the women by their hair and onto a bus, arresting around 30 protesters, among them older women,...

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Watch: Rosario Dawson, Wilmer Valderrama & Ana Ortiz Star in 2010 Census PSA's

By Mariela Rosario | 03/24/2010 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Rosario Dawson rounded up a posse of fellow Latino celebs like Ana Ortiz, Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama to make a series of PSA's about the importance of filling out the 2010 United States census...

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Immigration Protests Draw Thousands to Nation's Capital

By Mariela Rosario | 03/22/2010 - 16:15 | 12 Comments

Tens of thousands of protesters, young and old, descended on the National Mall in Washington DC to demand that the government get moving with regards to comprehensive immigration reform. Ever since President Obama promised to make sweeping immigration reform a major goal during his first year in office, supporters of the process have been waiting for...

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Moderate Earthquake Strikes East Coast of Cuba

By Mariela Rosario | 03/22/2010 - 10:30 | 35 Comments

A moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Cuba over the weekend, causing minimal damage and no injuries. The quake struck the eastern coast of the island, where the Guantánamo Bay military base is located. Santiago de Cuba, the largest city in that region of Cuba, is located about 40 miles southeast of the epicenter of the...

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Watch: Paquita la del Barrio Says She'd "Rather See a Kid Die" Than Be Adopted by Same-Sex Parents

By Mariela Rosario | 03/16/2010 - 16:50 | 30 Comments

Same-sex marriage was legalized in the capital city of Mexico earlier this month and just last week the country witnessed the historic marriage of five gay couples. "Today is a historic day," Civil Registry Judge Hegel Cortes said at the ceremony, which took place on March 11, 2010 at the old city hall building in Mexico city, "It solidifies the evolution...

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