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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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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Kills 5 to 15 People, Injures 180
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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Kills 5 to 15 People, Injures 180

By Sugey Palomares | 04/18/2013 - 11:08 | 0 Comments

A devastating chemical explosion at a fertilizer plant rocked a small town north of Waco, Texas yesterday evening, leaving between 5 and 15 people dead and sending 180 to the hospital for minor to severe injuries. The blast reportedly flattened buildings, lifted concrete blocks, and caused massive flames. The community, of about 2,600 people, has been told to evacuate due...

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President Obama to Visit Boston and Honor the Marathon Bombing Victims

By Sugey Palomares | 04/18/2013 - 10:05 | 0 Comments

As investigators continue to hunt for the Marathon Bombing suspect, President Barack Obama and the First Lady will travel to Boston later today to honor the victims of the tragic incident, which killed three and injured more than 170 people three days ago...

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Boston Marathon Bombing Update: 3 Dead, at Least 145 Injured

By Sugey Palomares | 04/16/2013 - 10:12 | 0 Comments

As investigations surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing continue, ABC News has confirmed that three people were killed, at least 145 people were...

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Pope Francis Rigid On Reforming “Radical Feminist” U.S. Nuns

By Amaris Castillo | 04/16/2013 - 10:09 | 0 Comments

Seems as though Pope Francis isn’t too keen on “radical” feminism. Reports are out that the new Argentine leader of the Roman Catholic Church has reaffirmed the Vatican’s criticism of a group of Catholic nuns known as the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). The group, which represents more than 80...

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