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Hugo Chavez at the Venice Film Festival
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Hugo Chávez Body to be Displayed in Glass Tomb

By Samantha Leal | 03/08/2013 - 11:03 | 0 Comments

As Venezuela (and the world) deals with the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death, details are coming to light about the polarizing leader's funeral and final resting place. According to the Associated Press...

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Hugo Chavez in Brazil in 2010
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Hugo Chavez: Hero or Villain? Share Your Thoughts

By Irina Gonzalez | 03/05/2013 - 19:15 | 0 Comments

The news is official: Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has passed away after battling cancer since July 2011. During his almost 14 years as Venezuela’s president and the founder of the Revolutionary Bolivian Movement, Hugo Chávez became one...

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Hugo Chavez in Brazil in July 2012
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Hugo Chávez Confirmed Dead at age 58

By Kamren Curiel | 03/05/2013 - 18:13 | 0 Comments

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez lost his battle with cancer today. The socialist leader, who rose to power in 1999 and implemented a political ideology called Bolivarian Revolution, first announced he had cancer in July 2011.

The president remained optimistic about a full recovery, getting many surgeries in Cuba, until Dec. 2012...

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Hugo Chávez’s Condition Worsens
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Hugo Chávez’s Condition Worsens

By Amaris Castillo | 03/05/2013 - 11:15 | 0 Comments

The world knows a bit more about Hugo Chávez’s condition now, and it’s not good.

According to ...

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Hugo Chavez’s 10 Most Outrageous Moments

Hugo Chavez’s 10 Most Outrageous Moments

By Jesus Trivino | 03/01/2013 - 13:52 | 0 Comments

Hugo Chavez has died after struggling with cancer. In his lifetime, the Venezuelan president marched to the beat of his own drum – and that drum was usually off-beat. Click through the late leader’s craziest moments.

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Pope Benedict XVI Steps Down

By Latina Staff | 03/01/2013 - 10:51 | 0 Comments

The red loafers have left the building.

Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican today, ending a seven-year reign as the head of the Catholic Church and becoming the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.

The pope, who favored red loafers and whose appointment as pope was marked by sexual abuse scandals by priests, toured St. Peter’s square in the...

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Woman Faces Deportation After Applying For Cable
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Immigration Holds at Maricopa County Jail Top Nation

By Kamren Curiel | 02/27/2013 - 14:39 | 0 Comments

Maricopa County is in the news again for its anti-immigrant practices. A study released last week by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse found that Maricopa County Jail holds the title for most immigration holds in the country. The study also found that of the nearly one million people...

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Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco
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Sonia Sotomayor Criticizes Prosecutor's Racially Charged Question

By Samantha Leal | 02/26/2013 - 12:17 | 0 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn't hold back when criticizing racially charged language used by a federal prosecutor in Texas, even when the Supreme Court announced it would not take up the case. Sotomayor made the relatively unusual step of writing a statement to accompany the announcement, reports ...

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