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Curry Todd Refuses To Apologize for Comparing Immigrants to Rats
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Tennessee Lawmaker Compares Immigrants to Rats

By Mariela Rosario | 11/12/2010 - 18:40 | 3 Comments

Tennesee lawmaker Curry Todd is in hot water with Latinos after comparing pregnant, undocumented immigrants to rats.

It all came about when Todd was speaking with fellow local legislators about the healthcare system and how to verify citizenship for pregnant women.

“According to the federal government, we cannot ask for immigration documents...

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5 Reasons You Should Pick Up the December/January Issue of LATINA!

5 Reasons You Should Pick Up the December/January Issue of LATINA!

By Mariela Rosario | 11/12/2010 - 13:00 | 0 Comments

Check out our Editor-in-Chief Galina Espinoza's top five reasons to pick up the December/January issue of Latina magazine!

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New Latina Moms Get Help Caring for their Babies via Cell Phone
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Young Latina Moms Access Parenting Tips via Text Message

By Lizzy Sise | 11/11/2010 - 19:00 | 0 Comments

Young mothers now have a new tool in the quest to be the best mami's they can be. An innovative service called Text4baby is a free mobile health initiative started by the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition to provide reminders and vital information about everything from vaccinations to child...

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Cuban Government Denounces Popular Video Game
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Virtual Assassination Attempt on Fidel Castro has Cuban Government Up in Arms

By Mariela Rosario | 11/11/2010 - 10:36 | 1 Comment

The Cuban government is harshly criticizing a new video game released this week in the U.S. Call of Duty: Black Ops was expected to be one of the highest selling video games of the year and sold $360 million in its first 24 hours on sale. Its release this week has been highly anticipated by gamers all across the country. But when the Cubans got wind that...

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EXCLUSIVE: Susana Martinez: "I'm very proud of what I've accomplished as a Latina"

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 11/10/2010 - 19:09 | 7 Comments

Last week, Susana Martinez became the first Latina to be elected governor in U.S. history, winning the top job in New Mexico. For the great-granddaughter of Toribio Ortega (the general credited with firing the...

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Women from Mexico Begin Hunger Strike at White House
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Mexican American Women Begin Hunger Strike at White House

By Mariela Rosario | 11/10/2010 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

A group of ten Mexican American women have begun a hunger strike in front of the White House to protest the poverty and violence that has plagued the U.S./Mexico border for years.

Their goal is to increase federal funding for border towns. Cindy Arnolds, the organizer of the hunger strike, told...

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LATINA VIEW: We Sent an Election Day Message, but Will Politicians Hear Us?

LATINA VIEW: We Sent an Election Day Message, but Will Politicians Hear Us?

By Galina Espinoza | 11/09/2010 - 13:00 | 0 Comments

It has been a week since the polls closed on this year’s mid-term elections, and during that time pundits have talked about everything from the amount of money spent collectively on federal campaigns (nearly $4 billion, a record), to the number of political ads that aired on TV (more than 1.4 million in October, an all-time high), to, oh right, what the results might mean...

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Two Chilean Miners Killed in Accidental Blast
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Two Chilean Miners Killed in Accidental Blast

By Mariela Rosario | 11/09/2010 - 09:50 | 1 Comment

Two miners were killed and a third critically injured when an accidental explosion ripped through a copper and gold mine in Chile—not far from where the heroic rescue of 33 Chilean miners occurred just weeks ago.

The miners were working in a new mine called Los Reyes, just 30 miles away from Copiapo. The San Jose mine where the 33 were saved is on the outskirts of...

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