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Local AZ Latino Community Reacts to Shooting Rampage

By Latina Staff | 01/10/2011 - 19:00 | 0 Comments

The Latino community in Arizona, like most Americans throughout the nation, were stunned by the weekend shooting spree in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14 others, including US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

The Democratic congresswoman was hit in the head during a Congress on Your Corner events over the weekend where Tucsonans had gathered to chat...

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Latino Voters Gain Influence for 2012 Elections
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Latino Voters Gain Influence for 2012 Elections

By Mariela Rosario | 01/10/2011 - 18:30 | 0 Comments

Due to a recent redistricting of congressional seats, the Latino vote has an unprecedented opportunity to hold sway over the 2012 elections. According to analysis of Census data by the Pew Hispanic...

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Hero Intern Daniel Hernandez: "Politics has Become Disruptive"

By Fox News Latino | 01/10/2011 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

In an interview with Fox News Latino, Daniel Hernández, the 20-year-old intern who saved  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' life, opened up about Saturday's tragic shooting and how he kept his wits about him.

“My main goal was to try to make sure the congresswoman and everyone was ok," the University of Arizona junior said. "When I saw injured people I tried to tend to...

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WATCH: Hero Intern Daniel Hernandez Credited with Saving Gabrielle Giffords

WATCH: Hero Intern Daniel Hernandez Credited with Saving Gabrielle Giffords

By Mariela Rosario | 01/10/2011 - 11:06 | 0 Comments

A 20-year-old Latino intern named Daniel Hernandez is being credited with saving Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' life in the crucial minutes after a lunatic opened fire on her Tucson, AZ Congress on Your Corner event this weekend and shot her point blank in the head.

"When this happened, I kind of just shut off all...

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New Year, New You: 8 Tips on Keeping Your Resolutions
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New Year, New You: 8 Tips on How to Keep Your Resolutions

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/07/2011 - 13:30 | 1 Comment

How many of us compile a long list of resolutions that will surely turn us into much better versions of our current selves only to crash and burn miserably around, oh, week two?

Trading old habits for new ones can be difficult and takes serious commitment, but if you learn what makes a successful resolution you’ll increase your chances of making it into February with...

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Puerto Rico loses vote in House of Reps
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Puerto Rico Loses Its Voice in the House of Reps

By Mariela Rosario | 01/06/2011 - 16:30 | 1 Comment

The House of Representative ruled yesterday to revoke the voting rights of delegates, which means that lawmakers representing Puerto Rico, Washington DC, American Guam, Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands no longer have any power in congress.

For Puerto Rico, the revocation of voting rights basically strips the approximately four million residents of the...

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State Legislators Announce Attack on 14th Amendment

State Legislators Announce Attack on Birthright Citizenship

By Mariela Rosario | 01/06/2011 - 13:35 | 3 Comments

The new congress just began, but already the Republican-held House of Representatives is attacking the constitutional rights of immigrants. A group calling themselves State Legislators for Legal Migration held a press conference to talk up a new initiative to take birthright citizenship away from children born on U.S. soil to undocumented immigrants.

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5 Reasons You Should Pick up the February Issue of LATINA!

5 Reasons You Should Pick up the February Issue of LATINA!

By Mariela Rosario | 01/06/2011 - 12:00 | 2 Comments

Catch up with Editorial Director Galina Espinoza as she shares five reasons you should run, not walk, to the newsstands to pick up the February issue of Latina magazine—on sale January 11th!

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