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Firefighters outside the Kiss nightclub in Brazil

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233 People Killed in Brazil Nightclub Fire

By Kamren Curiel | 01/28/2013 - 15:10 | 0 Comments

At least 233 people were killed early Sunday morning after a band’s pyrotechnics sparked a rapidly moving fire in an overly packed nightclub with too few exits in southern Brazil.

Major Gerson da Rosa Ferreira, who led rescue efforts for the military police at the Kiss nightclub, told Reuters that the victims died from...

Marias

Our 15 Favorite Marias

By Lee Hernandez | 04/22/2011 - 02:52 | 1 Comment

You know the song: The most beautiful sound I ever heard; All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word—Maria; I just met a girl named Maria.

Over the past 15 years at Latina we have met many Marias; some journalists, some fashion designers, some fictional, some icons, some boats. Check out the extraordinary and exceptional Latinas that made...