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Marco Rubio: The confused rising star of the Republicans

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He is the rising star of the Republicans. He is young, ambitious, loved by the tea party and radical conservatives, and he is Latino. He will save the party with the Latino vote in 2016. I wonder if they may be confundidos, a bit foggy perhaps. Rather, Senator Marco Rubio seems to be out of Read More

Rubio and Cruz vote against Latinas

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Given that today the day on which millions of Americans will celebrate their romantic bliss (or at least pretend to), I thought this story appropriate: “Hispanic Republican Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz were among other Senators who voted against the Violence Against Women Act — not because they oppose empowering domestic violence Read More

March against domestic violence

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In recent weeks we have read some puzzling stories in regard to domestic violence in the entertainment world. Early in the month of August R&B star Rhianna professed she still may be in love with Chris Brown, who viciously attacked her over four years ago. Prior to that report, the news wires were alerted to Read More

Guatemala’s protest against domestic violence

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A human chain of 12,000 people scaling a volcano is certainly one way to create awareness. According to the BBC, thousands of people climbed Guatemala’s Volcán de Agua on Jan. 21 in protest of domestic violence, making what they hope is the world’s largest human chain. Prensa Libre notes that the volcano towers more than Read More