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LATINA's Cover Girl Eva Mendes on Having Kids and Being a Rebel

By Mariela Rosario | 11/08/2010 - 09:00 | 0 Comments

Eva Mendes graces the December/January cover of Latina magazine and the Cuban actress let us in on the childhood inspiration behind the home decor collection she launched with longtime boyfriend George Augusto, (called Vida and sold exclusively at Macy's), and why she has no desire to build an empire.

"I don...

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WATCH: LATINA's November Cover Girl Eva Longoria Parker on 'Lopez Tonight'

WATCH: LATINA's November Cover Girl Eva Longoria Parker on 'Lopez Tonight'

By Mariela Rosario | 10/20/2010 - 12:04 | 0 Comments

LATINA's November cover girl Eva Longoria Parker will be visiting her longtime friend George Lopez's late night talk show this evening.

Longoria Parker was actually one of Lopez Tonight's very first guests when the show debuted last fall. In case you forgot, the...

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Latina Book Club: Q & A with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

LATINA Book Club: Q & A with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

By Janel Martinez | 10/20/2010 - 10:30 | 1 Comment

Bestselling author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is back and bearing an extra special gift for readers just in time for the holiday season. Her seventh novel, The Three Kings (on sale Nov. 9th), is a romantic comedy following successful interior designer, Christy de la Cruz, as she reenters the dating scene after a divorce. She becomes...

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Latina View: UPDATE Maybe Politicians Can Count on Your Vote?

Latina View: UPDATE Maybe Politicians Can Count on Your Vote?

By Galina Espinoza | 10/19/2010 - 14:27 | 10 Comments

When I wrote last week about registered ...

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$60 Million Awarded to Schools with Large Hispanic Populations
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$60 Million Awarded to Schools with Large Hispanic Populations

By Mariela Rosario | 10/04/2010 - 10:30 | 0 Comments

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced 99 new grants totaling $60.1 million awarded to colleges that enroll a high percentage of Latino students. "We can meet President Obama's goal of having the highest college graduation rate in the world by 2020 only if we dramatically boost college completion rates among students of all races,...

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Obama Fails the Education Test... By Ignoring Latinos

Latina View: Obama Fails the Education Test... By Ignoring Latinos

By Galina Espinoza | 10/01/2010 - 10:04 | 2 Comments

All I kept thinking this week every time I heard the phrase “Education Nation” bandied about was: What nation are they talking about?

The nation I live in has 50 million Hispanics, compromising 17% of the U.S. population—second in size only to the number of white Americans.
 
And yet when President Barack Obama sat down with the Today show’s...

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When Having Curves Gets Complicated
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Latina View: When Having Curves Gets Complicated

By Galina Espinoza | 09/29/2010 - 18:36 | 4 Comments

Is there a problem with the way Latinas dress? That’s certainly the impression one gets after a slew of recent stories about men literally driven to distraction by the outfit choices of Hispanic women.

Just last week, longtime University of Florida...

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EXCLUSIVE: Selena Gomez: "Latin Awards Shows Are the Most Fun!"
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EXCLUSIVE: Selena Gomez: "Latin Award Shows are the Most Fun!"

By Lee Hernandez | 09/10/2010 - 11:30 | 0 Comments

Latina’s October cover girl Selena Gomez is presenting at this Sunday’s MTV Video...

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