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14 Must-Read Works Of Chicano Literature ~By Rigoberto González  http://www.buzzfeed.com/rigobertogonzalez/must-read-chicano-literature
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Veracruz State Turning Into Zone Of Death For Journalists Covering Mexico's Drug War
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/02/12/veracruz-state-turning-into-zone-death-for-journalists-covering-mexico-drug-war/
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Above: A relative of journalist Gregorio Jimenez holds a photo of him in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. (AP)
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San Diego's David Alvarez Fails In His Bid To Become City's First Latino Mayor
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/02/12/republican-faulconer-defeats-alvarez-in-special-election-will-be-next-mayor-san/
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Above: San Diego mayoral candidate David Alvarez in the Logan Heights neighborhood of San Diego Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. (ap)
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Castaway Fisherman Makes It Home To El Salvador After 13-Month Long Odyssey
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/02/12/castaway-fisherman-makes-it-home-to-el-salvador-after-13-month-long-odyssey/
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Prosecutors Drop Fraud Case Against Former Leader Of Border Agents' Union
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/02/12/prosecutors-drop-fraud-case-against-former-leader-border-agents-union/
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Nebraska Town Votes To Keep Law Requiring Renters To Swear They're Legal Residents
via @FoxNewsLatino 
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/02/12/nebraska-town-keeps-law-requiring-renters-to-swear-are-legal-residents/
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State Sen. Charlie Jansssen of Fremont, second left, Jeremy Jensen, third left, and John Wiegert, center, celebrate with other activists in Fremont, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, after city voters have decided by voting no, to uphold the law designed to bar immigrants from renting homes if they dont have legal permission to be in the U.S. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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ChicoVive@ChicoVive Chico warned us about the fate of the #Amazon 25 years later, we promote the worldwide mvmt that follows his example pic.twitter.com/yLuve7weya
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Chico Vive Conference Rainforest Foundation US Friday, April 4, 2014 at 3:00 PM - Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 6:00 PM (EDT) Washington, DC
Chico Vive Conference April 4-6, 2014: Tickets, Washington, D.C.
via @RAN  @ChicoVive  @AmazonWatch  Wish I could go... Peta
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/chico-vive-conference-tickets-10207074635
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Peace & Lab: Margarita Quihuis Is A Restless Agent For Change And Innovation
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2014/02/07/peace-lab-margarita-quihuis-is-restless-agent-for-change-and-innovation/
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From Cuba With Love: Ernest Hemingway Artifacts Wash Up At Boston's JFK Museum
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2014/02/11/from-cuba-with-love-ernest-hemingway-artifacts-wash-up-at-boston-jfk-museum/
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Above: This photo released Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, shows a photograph from Ernest Hemingways passport, one of many new items from Hemingway's former estate in Cuba being made available at the museum. To date, the Kennedy Library has the worlds largest collection of Hemingways life and work, containing most of his manuscript material.
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Above: This photo released Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, shows a ticket stub from a bullfighting match attended by Ernest Hemingway, one of many new items from Hemingway's former estate in Cuba being made available at the museum. To date, the Kennedy Library has the worlds largest collection of Hemingways life and work, containing most of his manuscript material.
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#Bolivia’s Morales: The US abolished Costa Rica’s army via @TheTicoTimes  http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/02/11/bolivias-morales-the-us-abolished-costa-ricas-army
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Bolivian President Evo Morales thinks Costa Rica is a U.S. colony.  (Wikimedia Commons)
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Free trade and genocide: Colombian activists want Canada to act via @rabbleca @StuJT  http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/council-canadians/2014/02/free-trade-and-genocide-colombian-activists-want-canada-to-
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23rd Annual Women's Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women to be held in cities across Canada on Feb. 14 via @FirstPeoples
http://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/
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2/11/2014  New York to begin public hearings on IDs for undocumented immigrants
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/02/11/new-york-to-begin-public-hearings-on-ids-for-undocumented-immigrants/
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2/11/2014  Honduran cop killed in shootout with criminal gang @FoxNewsLatino  http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/02/11/honduran-cop-killed-in-shootout-with-criminal-gang/
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2/10/2014  Latin America has #democracy, but lacks democrats @congressblog  http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/197797-latin-america-has-democracy-but-lacks-democrats
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Mapping Conflicts Between Indigenous Peoples and Corporations in Latin America http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/02/11/mapping-conflicts-between-indigenous-peoples-and-transnational-corporations-in-latin-america/ via @globalvoices
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Presidents of Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru Sign Regional Accord via  ‏@LAHT  http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1587573&CategoryId=10718
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@luisjrodriguez Chicano Activist With Checkered Past Aims For California's Highest Office
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/02/07/chicano-activist-with-checkered-past-on-mission-to-win-california-governor/
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Brazilian TV Cameraman Injured in Protests Dies via @LAHT  http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1587229&CategoryId=14090
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2/8/2014  Mexico's lost daughters: how young women are sold into the sex trade by drug gangs via @guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/08/mexico-young-women-sex-trade-drug-gangs
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Making a stand: a mother protests in front of a picture of her daughter, murdered by gangsters in Veracruz. Photograph: Sergio Hernandez Vega/La Jornada
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#Venezuela Overview via @LAHT ~ Latin American Herald Tribune
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=359501&CategoryId=13301
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2/10/2014  Cuban Film Director Jose Massip Dies at 88 years via @LAHT
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1583159&CategoryId=13003&utm_source
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2/9/2014  Gunmen Kill 4 at Bar in Central #Mexico via @LAHT
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1583123&CategoryId=14091
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2/9/2014  Man Arrested for Attacking Cameraman During Protests in #Brazil via @LAHT  http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1583136&CategoryId=14090
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2/9/2014  Drug Traffickers Behind Killings of 8 in #Guatemala, Officials Say via @LAHT  http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1583116&CategoryId=23558
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2/8/2014  Costa Rica elections demonstrate country’s democratic stability  ‏@TheTicoTimes  http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/02/08/costa-rica-elections-demonstrate-countrys-democratic-stability
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2/7/2014  Argentines drain banks of dollars for safekeeping in mattresses @TheTicoTimes  http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/02/08/argentines-drain-banks-of-dollars-for-safekeeping-in-mattresses
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12/30/2011 Who is Yvette Prieto? More about Michael Jordan's Main Squeeze
via @FoxNewsLatino
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/entertainment/2011/12/30/who-is-yvette-prieto/  ~Old news? New to me.
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