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4 Suspects Arrested In Chile for Burning Baby Alive In Ritual Sacrifice

By Sugey Palomares | 04/26/2013 - 10:49 | 0 Comments

After months of investigation, Chilean police arrested four members of a sect for burning a 3-year-old baby alive because the leader believed the child was the antichrist. The toddler was thrown into a bonfire during a ritual in the town of Colliguay last November. The baby’s mother, Natalia Guerra, 25, confessed to being involved in the sacrifice and was...

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Puerto Rican Teen Forced to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
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Puerto Rican Teen Forced to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

By Kamren Curiel | 04/25/2013 - 12:50 | 0 Comments

Enidris Siurano Rodriguez is not afraid to stand up, or in this case sit, for her rights. The 15-year-old Maryland honor student and gifted violinist has not stood for the pledge of allegiance since the 7th grade because of what she believes is an unjust political situation in her native Puerto Rico. Her bravery has caught the attention of Ricky Martin...

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Transgender Man Becomes First to Give Birth in Chile
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Transgender Man Becomes First in Chile to Give Birth

By Kamren Curiel | 04/25/2013 - 12:36 | 0 Comments

A Chilean transgender man is making headlines after being the first recorded male in Chile's history to give birth. Known as "Matias," he represents a rare instance in which a transgender man in Chile was able to keep his female genitalia, though he is legally male.

“We know that our case is a milestone, a precedent,” said Matías, who chose to keep his identity...

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This Is Happening: Bulletproof School Uniforms

This Is Happening: Bulletproof School Uniforms

By Sugey Palomares | 04/24/2013 - 11:56 | 0 Comments

Yes, the world has come to this. Bulletproof school uniforms are being designed for students in the U.S. Colombian tailor, Miguel Caballero, who specializes in designing protective wear in Bogota, recently developed protective kid-...

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9 Latin Sorority Sisters React to Angry Sorority Girl Letter!

By Amaris Castillo | 04/24/2013 - 10:37 | 0 Comments

By now you’ve heard of the deranged sorority email. I’m pretty sure we all have. I’m talking about Rebecca Martinson of the Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Maryland, whose profanity-ridden (and absolutely crazy) ...

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Mexican Barbie: She Still Looks Nothing Like You

By Laura Elizabeth Hernandez | 04/20/2013 - 11:00 | 0 Comments

Judging from Latinos’ outrage that Mattel’s latest Hispanic doll, Mexico Barbie, is offensive, I may stand alone when I say that being excluded from the Barbie collection, period, would not have been a bad thing.

Barbie has always been a doll that promotes stereotypes and an unrealistic ideal of beauty (not to mention that they are the dullest people at the party....

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Living with Terror: Latin America Does It. Post Boston, Are We Next?

By Pauline Campos | 04/19/2013 - 17:20 | 0 Comments

Growing up, my sisters and I called our grandfather Guelo and he referred to us as his little cabronas. It always made me smile. Though we were very close, when he died two years ago, I had to content myself with attending his wake in Detroit. Only a handful of relatives made the journey for his funeral and burial in Cerralvo, a small municipality...

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UPDATE: What We Know About the Boston Bombings - 2 Suspects, 1 Dead, 1 Captured

By Latina Staff | 04/19/2013 - 09:27 | 0 Comments

UPDATE, 9:00pm ET, April 19: Boston Police report they have captured the second suspect identified in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19. The suspect was taken alive from a private residence at 67 Franklin St. in Watertown, MA, where he was believed to be hiding inside a dry docked boat in the backyard....

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