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Election 2012: Mitt Romney Wins Puerto Rico's GOP Primary

By Sugey Palomares | 03/19/2012 - 15:11 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney managed to make a clean sweep during the presidential primary in Puerto Rico. Romney garnered a total of 98,000 votes – or about 83% of the total GOP vote, according to CNN. Rick Santorum collected 8% of votes, while...

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Is Rick Santorum's 'English For Puerto Rico' Comment Racist?

By Sugey Palomares | 03/16/2012 - 15:37 | 0 Comments

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is under immense scrutiny after publicly insisting that Puerto Rico should only earn statehood if they made English their main language. Santorum expressed to the San Juan publication...

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Election 2012: Mitt Romney’s Latino Problem?

By Viviana Hurtado | 03/15/2012 - 11:16 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney’s problem may not be the strong challenge to his “inevitable” GOP Presidential nomination Rick Santorum is presenting.  The former Senator from Pennsylvania swept the Mississippi and Alabama primaries, providing proof that southern Evangelical voters don’t believe Romney is conservative enough.  “We did it...

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The Best Colleges For Latinos

By Sugey Palomares | 03/12/2012 - 14:29 | 0 Comments

A new report titled “Finding The Workforce: The Top 25 Institutions Graduating Latinos,” highlights the best colleges for Latinos in the U.S. The study comes in light of new pew study results that emphasize the growing Latino population and an increase in the amount of high school students who are entering the world of...

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What Super Tuesday Means for Latino Voters
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What Super Tuesday Means for Latino Voters

By Viviana Hurtado | 03/09/2012 - 10:41 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney won six nominating contests on “Super Tuesday,” called this because on this day, ten states hold their primaries or caucuses on the march toward a party naming a Presidential candidate. Romney’s frontrunner status is in question, although he won the states of Massachusetts, Alaska, Idaho, Vermont, Virginia, and Ohio.  This last...

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Election 2012: Rick Santorum’s Record and Your Vote
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Election 2012: Rick Santorum’s Record and Your Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 03/01/2012 - 13:22 | 0 Comments

Despite losing Arizona by a lot and Michigan by a hair, Rick Santorum’s standing has surged in the Republican nominating contests, going from being stuck in the single digits to giving frontrunner Mitt Romney a run for his millions.  But with this popularity comes a harsh spotlight on his sixteen year...

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Jorge Ramos vs. Sheriff Arpaio: Who’s Wrong & Who’s Right?

By Sally Mercedes | 02/28/2012 - 18:04 | 0 Comments

Al Punto con Jorge Ramos got heated when Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio was on to discuss his investigation into President Barack Obama's birth certificate. When Ramos told Arpaio that he is the "face of racism and discrimation" to many Latinos, Arpaio completely disagreed. In his own version of the good ol' "but my...

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Power at the Polls
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Latino Power at the Polls!

By Soledad O'Brien | 02/27/2012 - 17:42 | 0 Comments

Everyone is talking about the impact that Latinos can have on this year’s election—let’s not prove them wrong by staying home in November.

Julian and Joaquin Castro get a lot of attention for being identical twins, but also for being young,  Texan political players with dual Democratic agendas—double the trouble for anyone...

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