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Latinos Celebrate the Inauguration and the Arts in D.C.
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Políticos: Latinos Celebrate the Inauguration and the Arts in the Nation's Capitol

By Viviana Hurtado | 01/21/2013 - 11:59 | 0 Comments

I had to get "celebrity-ready" to work my first red carpet at the Latino Inaugural Ball at the Kennedy Center.

Makeup. Check.

Dress. Check.

Miss Texas hair. Check.

Photographer extraordinaire Tricia O. Ortiz. Check.

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Mitt Romney and Barack Obama during the second Presidential Debate
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Election 2012 Presidential Debates: Obama and Romney Re-Match

By Viviana Hurtado | 10/17/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

This was the debate between the two men vying to be President Americans were waiting for. President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney sparred on domestic and foreign policy, at times interrupting and talking over each other, hurling accusations of their alleged respective failures and even getting in each other’s faces....

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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney during 2012 first Presidential Debate
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Election 2012 Presidential Debates: Romney Comes Out Strong

By Viviana Hurtado | 10/04/2012 - 13:05 | 0 Comments

The pressure was on Mitt Romney to deliver a strong performance at the first presidential debate before the millions of Americans who tuned in. He showed up with his “A” game. President Obama, some would say, did not.

The Denver debate focused on domestic issues – taxes, the economy, jobs,...

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Mitt Romney addresses the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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Election 2012: Mitt Romney’s Mother Jones Video & What It Means for His Campaign

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/20/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney has somewhat of a reputation for putting his foot in his mouth. But when the liberal magazine Mother Jones posted the video of the 2012 Republican presidential nominee calling 47 percent of...

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Election 2012: Hispanic Heritage Month and Your Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/13/2012 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

You could say that Hispanic Heritage Month (which is the only “celebration” that actually straddles two months – from mid-September to mid-October) started earlier this year, with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Rolling out San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro as the DNC keynote speaker and Florida...

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Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention
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Election 2012: President Obama Asks for Your Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/07/2012 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

When Barack Obama took the stage at the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC), he accepted his re-nomination for President, making the case for why Americans should re-elect him. The signature Obama rhetoric that reached for the sky gave way to a speech grounded in policy of what has been done and what’s left to put the...

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Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention
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Election 2012: (Re)-Introducing Barack Obama

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/07/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

If voters had any doubt about Barack Obama, the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina seeks to cast them away. Speaker after speaker has been tasked with personalizing the President, standing up for his character, and arguing in different ways why he is the best choice in November.

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Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney in Norfolk, Virginia on August 11, 2012
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Election 2012: What You Need to Know About GOP VP Pick Paul Ryan

By Viviana Hurtado | 08/13/2012 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney was so overcome with emotion while introducing Paul Ryan as his running mate to challenge President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in November, that he bellowed, “the next President of the United States!” Once the snark cleared, this foot-in-your-mouth slip revealed what...

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