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Evo Morales Raves About "Avatar"

By Mariela Rosario | 01/13/2010 - 11:50 | 0 Comments

James Cameron's latest blockbuster film, Avatar, tells the story of the nature loving N'avi warriors who live on the lush planet Pandora and are fighting to keep foreign corporations from exploiting their natural habitat. Although the film depicts an all too familiar Hollywood story of a White man rescuing a primitive, indigenous population (see...

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Haiti Devastated by Earthquake

By Mariela Rosario | 01/13/2010 - 10:50 | 2 Comments

Haiti, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, has been rocked by a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit around 5PM yesterday evening. The country's capital city, Port-Au-Prince, has been all but destroyed and the Red Cross is estimating that up to three million people have been affected.

Although this is the worst earthquake to hit...

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Mexican Drug Cartel Stitches Rival's Face On Soccer Ball

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/12/2010 - 18:25 | 14 Comments

Last Friday, the body of 36-year-old Hugo Hernandez was found in seven pieces on the streets of Los Mochis along with a threat from one drug cartel to another: “Happy New Year, because this will be your last.” As if dismembering his body weren’t...

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Found: Lost Civilization of the Amazon

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/11/2010 - 18:00 | 2 Comments

Archeologists have a discovered a whole ancient civilization lying underneath the upper Amazon basin. With the unfortunate loss of thousands of square miles of forest, scientists were able to use satellite imagery to locate a network of roads and structures that spans more than 250 km from northern Bolivia to the state of Amazonia in Brazil,...

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Texas Board of Ed. Attempting to Erase Cesar Chavez from Textbooks

By Mariela Rosario | 01/11/2010 - 16:53 | 21 Comments

On Jan. 13, the Board of Education will hold a preliminary vote to determine whether or not they should adopt new standards for social studies texts in the state of Texas. In question is whether or not Cesar Chavez, along with all other Hispanics since the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century, should be removed from textbooks.

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Immigrant Who Stopped Cop From Fondling Girlfriend May be Deported

By Mariela Rosario | 01/11/2010 - 09:40 | 4 Comments

An undocumented immigrant from Mexico is facing deportation after defending his girlfriend from a Charlotte, North Carolina cop who is now being held in jail on charges of sexual abuse, kidnapping, extortion, assault, and indecent exposure. Police officer Marcus Jackson, 25, has been in jail since Dec. 30 and is facing charges stemming from attacks on two...

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Maintaining Facebook Privacy

By Chris Hermosilla | 01/08/2010 - 11:49 | 2 Comments

“Social media” probably didn’t mean anything to you two years ago, but now even your mom has a Facebook page. Social networking websites have become the main way many people stay in touch, but for each online friend there are 10 other people you definitely don’t want viewing your contact info, relationships or those racy photos from your Christmas party. Here are three...

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U.S. Denies Contractor Held in Cuba Worked as American Spy

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 01/07/2010 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

The United States rejected claims today that an American held in Cuba for over a month was working as a secret intelligence agent. The American, who remains unidentified, was arrested December 5, reportedly while distributing cell phones, laptops and other communications equipment. He was held at Havana airport on Dec. 5 but was not seen by U.S. consular officials until...

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