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	<title>La Columna</title>
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		<title>Republicans underestimated the value of minorities… Who’s the loser now?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2509/republicans-underestimated-the-value-of-minorities-whos-the-loser-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing to Latinos during elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, Mitt Romney had a chance with minorities; the very same chance that President Obama had. Actually, he had a better chance. Latinos, Asians and other minorities closely following immigration issues had grown disappointed with the president. You see, Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform during his first campaign and instead he delivered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La generación DREAMer soñará ahora a todo color</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2493/la-generacion-dreamer-sonara-ahora-a-todo-color/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2493/la-generacion-dreamer-sonara-ahora-a-todo-color/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Si es que existiese un premio a la perseverancia, de seguro que me gustaría entregárselo a los jóvenes del movimiento DREAM, un coro de chicos y chicas que ha ido creciendo durante esta última década de altos y bajos, de esperanzas y desaliento para lo que conocemos como el DREAM Act. Muchos de ellos se [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Across the USA, DREAMers prepare to be free</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2477/dreamers-prepare-to-be-free-through-deferred-action/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2477/dreamers-prepare-to-be-free-through-deferred-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deferred Action Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAMers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since June 15, undocumented youth across the country, or DREAMers, as we’ve come to known them as eligible to participate of a future DREAM Act, started relishing a short-term opportunity of becoming free to be, to participate and work, as beneficiaries of the latest in a roller coaster of maybe’s in the last four years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chavez says Obama is a good guy, Republicans take advantage</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2469/chavez-says-obama-is-a-good-guy-republicans-take-advantage/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2469/chavez-says-obama-is-a-good-guy-republicans-take-advantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chavez and Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made a devastating comparison. He said his opponent, Henrique Capriles, is like Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and that U.S. president Barack Obama is a ‘good guy’, hinting his preference and implying a damaging relationship between a virtual dictator and the incumbent U.S. leader. In a campaign speech [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monterroso: If Latinos want to become a true powerhouse in this country, they need to vote</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2448/monterroso-if-latinos-want-to-become-a-true-powerhouse-in-this-country-they-need-to-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2448/monterroso-if-latinos-want-to-become-a-true-powerhouse-in-this-country-they-need-to-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Monterroso says that it is more important than ever for Latinos to vote massively in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The executive director of Mi Familia Vota (My Family Votes) says that not participating is not an option. “We have the right to participate and we should. We have commitments from both candidates and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney is not making inroads with minorities</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2432/romney-is-not-making-inroads-with-minorities/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2432/romney-is-not-making-inroads-with-minorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LULAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAACP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NALEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCLR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney only showed up at one large Hispanic conference this summer: NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected Officials). There, he proceeded to unveil his Immigration Reform. Sorry, his legal-only-screw-the-undocumented Immigration Reform. He skipped the LULAC conference and sent a bizarre video to the National Council of La Raza event yesterday. Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California, Chicago set the tone on rational handling of undocumented</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2422/california-illinois-set-the-tone-on-rational-handling-of-undocumented/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2422/california-illinois-set-the-tone-on-rational-handling-of-undocumented/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rejecting anti-immigrant legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB1070]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secure Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRUST Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented Immigrants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s happening! Reversing ‘cowboy-style’ anti-immigrant attitudes, laws like the ones enacted in Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, and programs such as Secure Communities, that unfairly target Latinos and Asians and bring about massive deportations of non-criminals and family separation is starting to click throughout the country. Just this week, in cities like Chicago and states like California, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vergonzoso desplante de candidatos en conferencia de NCLR</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2414/vergonzoso-desplante-de-candidatos-en-conferencia-de-nclr/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2414/vergonzoso-desplante-de-candidatos-en-conferencia-de-nclr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Política]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCLR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voto Latino 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Luego de los discursos en persona que el candidato republicano, Mitt Romney, y el demócrata, el Presidente Barack Obama, dieron en persona durante la conferencia de NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected Officials) el mes pasado; ninguno de los dos se presentó en la conferencia de NCLR (National Council of La Raza) esta semana en [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Declara independencia de palabras que castigan y adhesión a vocablos que levantan</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2405/declara-independencia-de-palabras-que-castigan-y-adhesion-a-vocablos-que-levantan/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2405/declara-independencia-de-palabras-que-castigan-y-adhesion-a-vocablos-que-levantan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indignados]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palabras que castigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palabras que levantan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Es el día de la independencia en Estados Unidos. Pronto empezaremos la ronda anual de festividades similares en países latinoamericanos. Pero en estos días aquellas celebraciones se sienten huecas. Independencia y libertad de qué, muchos nos preguntamos, cuando millones viven oprimidos. El mundo convulsiona bajo el  peso de los indignados. A donde vayamos encontraremos marchas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los candidatos y los inmigrantes: dos pedos, nada sólido</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2397/los-candidatos-y-los-inmigrantes-dos-pedos-nada-solido/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2397/los-candidatos-y-los-inmigrantes-dos-pedos-nada-solido/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hispano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inmigración]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inmigrantes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Política]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elecciones 2012 Estados Unidos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reforma migratoria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Querido diario, no sé qué churretera tendrán los candidatos a la presidencia de Estados Unidos que a lo único que atinan últimamente es a tirarse unos peditos, de esos bien olorosos que todo el mundo voltea a oler, pero luego nada… No llegamos a nada. No es ya como hace cuatro años, que mi morenito [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney to 11 million undocumented: Screw you</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2379/romney-to-11-million-undocumented-screw-you/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2379/romney-to-11-million-undocumented-screw-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romney and Immigration Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newly unveiled Immigration Reform proposed by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is filled with welcoming mats to new immigrants entering through the legal door but has nothing to offer to alleviate the situation of about 11 million undocumented who currently call the United States of America their home. The proposal plays only to voters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaña de Romney no se toma la molestia de cortejar al electorado latino</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2367/campana-de-romney-no-se-toma-la-molestia-de-cortejar-al-electorado-latino/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2367/campana-de-romney-no-se-toma-la-molestia-de-cortejar-al-electorado-latino/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaña de publicidad de Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[La campaña del aspirante a la presidencia, el Republicano Mitt Romney, lanza nuevos avisos todos los días. Su estrategia para alcanzar a la comunidad latina parece ser la anticuada idea de realizar una traducción literal del anuncio en inglés&#8230; o simplemente enviar el anuncio en inglés con una nota de prensa en un castellano mediocre. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failed policies or failure to perform? Either way, Obama is in trouble</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2358/failed-policies-or-failure-to-perform-either-way-obama-is-in-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2358/failed-policies-or-failure-to-perform-either-way-obama-is-in-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama and failure to perform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Failed policies of Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He’s been accused by the right of failed policies and by his own people of failure to perform, and today President Barack Obama is facing a tough march to keep his own house, the White House, from political foreclosure and to keep himself in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for four more years. With a campaign slogan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans doing victory dance over Obama’s week</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2349/republicans-doing-victory-dance-over-obamas-week/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2349/republicans-doing-victory-dance-over-obamas-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GOP is flipping with elation over what they addressed as ‘President Obama’s worst week ever.’ And they have a new ad to enjoy and commemorate these new series of mishaps. &#8220;Team Obama will likely spend it (Memorial Day Weekend) huddled in Chicago, attempting to recover from their disastrous week and reassessing their strategy,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having it all without losing yourself</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2341/having-it-all-without-losing-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2341/having-it-all-without-losing-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renaissance Woman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women that do it all]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As women, we are placed in a pressure cooker from the beginning: it is our nature to be nurturers and take care of others. We love to nourish, it is what nourishes us. We love to feed, it is what feeds us. We love to help grow, to develop, to educate and bring up… it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney trying to convince Latinos by blasting Obama&#8217;s first term of disappointments</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2325/romney-trying-to-convince-latinos-by-blasting-obamas-first-term-of-disappointments/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2325/romney-trying-to-convince-latinos-by-blasting-obamas-first-term-of-disappointments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama and Latinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romney and Latinos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s a group of people disappointed with President Obama, it is the Latino community. After five years, counting the campaign of hope, the needle on the promises that once took him to the White House has moved in reverse, leaving millions in a situation than has worsened since President Bush &#8211;and nobody thought that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and the Latino community: Is the engagement over?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2313/obama-and-the-latino-community-is-the-engagement-over/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2313/obama-and-the-latino-community-is-the-engagement-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Obama camp launched its first ad in Spanish, Latino Republican members of Congress spoke of the many ways this administration has not delivered on promises made during the epic campaign of 2008 (and 2009, 2010, 2011 and, of course, 2012) and has in many ways hurt further a community that massively contributed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When minorities hate, people can die</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2270/when-minorities-hate-people-can-die/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2270/when-minorities-hate-people-can-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black teen shot to death in Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural baggage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Zimmerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trayvon Martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I read somewhere that because George Zimmerman is Latino, a minority, it wasn’t possible for him to be the perpetrator of a hate crime. I read somewhere else that because he is white and the victim, teen Trayvor Martin, was African American, the crime made perfect sense. Well, Zimmerman is Latino and white and he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of undocumented youth came out of the shadows this week</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2249/hundreds-of-undocumented-youth-came-out-of-the-shadows-this-week/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2249/hundreds-of-undocumented-youth-came-out-of-the-shadows-this-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coming out of the shadows week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DreamActivist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIYA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Undocumented youth coming out of the shadows this week have sacrificed in a very courageous, public and risky way to express out loud their situation and their feelings regarding their legal status. In its second year, Coming out of the shadows week will hit several cities across the United States, including Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Los [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I learned to say “Vete pa’l carajo” after 50 and rediscovered myself in the process</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2226/how-i-learned-to-say-vete-pal-carajo-after-50-and-rediscovered-myself-in-the-process/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2226/how-i-learned-to-say-vete-pal-carajo-after-50-and-rediscovered-myself-in-the-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All my life I’ve struggled with this concept of ‘being nice.’ I always said the right thing, was polite and showed a good face. I did good deeds and expected life, and the people in it, to also do unto me as I had done unto them. But that was not the case a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney: no friend of immigrants</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2203/mitt-romney-no-friend-of-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2203/mitt-romney-no-friend-of-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miit Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even though the presidential candidate hopeful currently leading the charts, Mitt Romney, has said publicly he “supports” legal immigration and that he wants to “end illegal immigration so that legal immigration can be protected”, he has not given much detail of what that “support” would actually entail. As a campaign promise on New Year’s Eve, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National GOP group calls on Rick Perry to quit race for president</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2183/national-gop-group-calls-on-rick-perry-to-quit-race-for-president/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2183/national-gop-group-calls-on-rick-perry-to-quit-race-for-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe con Leche GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Arpaio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamar Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GOP presidential hopefuls making the fatal mistake of attaching extremists to their campaigns are getting the thumbs down. First, it was Mitt Romney who got anti-immigrant congressman Lamar Smith to support him. Now Gov. Rick Perry has received the endorsement of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “We believe the Arpaio endorsement is a colossal blunder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans offer no choices when it comes to immigration, says Senator Menendez</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2148/republicans-offer-no-choice-when-it-comes-to-immigration-says-senator-menendez/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2148/republicans-offer-no-choice-when-it-comes-to-immigration-says-senator-menendez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Morton Memo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I could hear the frustration in Senator Menendez’s voice when we spoke on the phone. “Why should we vote for Barack Obama? Why should we give him another chance?” I asked. “When the Latino community look at their choices for next year’s presidential election, and compare their choices side by side, they’ll see that there’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gingrich&#8217;s &#8216;path to legality&#8217; offer to people in country for 25 years is insulting</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2125/gingrich-path-to-legality-offer-to-people-in-country-for-25-years-is-an-insult/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2125/gingrich-path-to-legality-offer-to-people-in-country-for-25-years-is-an-insult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Path to legality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential GOP debates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented Immigrants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, it was Perry who got heat from fellow GOP presidential candidates for charging undocumented young students in-state tuition and having the erroneous (or was it on purpose?) idea to call it the Texas Dream Act, which confused everyone and made them believe the governor is indeed a supporter of the actual DREAM Act, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities in Escondido trying to rid the city of Latinos</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2106/authorities-in-escondido-trying-to-rid-the-city-of-latinos-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2106/authorities-in-escondido-trying-to-rid-the-city-of-latinos-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrests in Escondido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carmen Miranda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Checkpoints in Escondido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Gallo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Escondido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marie Waldron. Sam Abed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secure Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sergio Contreras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Escondido is a city north of San Diego, California. About half of its population is Hispanic. However, as it is the case in many cities around the country, its authorities have set-out to hunt and destroy the Latino community, bringing along biases and scare tactics that include showing photos of gang members when speaking about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sister tries against all odds to have her brother’s deportation stopped</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2096/sister-tries-against-all-odds-to-have-her-brother%e2%80%99s-deportation-stopped/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2096/sister-tries-against-all-odds-to-have-her-brother%e2%80%99s-deportation-stopped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elvee Clemons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Undocumented Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victor Gomez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Racing against her brother’s deportation, Elvee Clemons has tried everything. She’s spoken to authorities and appealed to the humanity of those in charge. She started a campaign at Change.org to send a letter directly to President Obama and has even reached out to complete strangers; all in the hopes her brother, Victor Gomez, gets released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a Republican group really make USA an immigrant-friendly country?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2074/can-a-republican-group-really-make-usa-an-immigrant-friendly-country/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2074/can-a-republican-group-really-make-usa-an-immigrant-friendly-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Quasius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cafe con Leche GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nativists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time all Republicans were immigrant-haters (as far as I and millions of I&#8217;s were concerned). Then I came across a tagline that caught my attention: “Café con Leche GOP: Republicans for an America that welcomes immigrants.” Really? Is this a ruse? Is this a joke?, I said to myself. I had to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los latinos debemos unirnos en contra de actitudes anti-inmigrantes</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2056/latinos-debemos-unirnos-contra-actitudes-anti-inmigrantes/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2056/latinos-debemos-unirnos-contra-actitudes-anti-inmigrantes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elecciones presidenciales USA 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herman Cain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inmigrantes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamar Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[El congresista tejano Lamar Smith (R), el que con más vehemencia ha presentado ley tras ley anti-inmigrante, públicamente voceó esta semana su apoyo al candidato presidencial republicano Mitt Romney. En mi opinión, si Lamar Smith apoya a Romney, los latinos no debemos apoyar a este candidato. Por supuesto, nuestro apoyo a Herman Cain, el candidato [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Pedrito, you cannot grow up to be the President of the United States</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2038/no-pedrito-you-cannot-grow-up-to-be-the-president-of-the-united-states/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2038/no-pedrito-you-cannot-grow-up-to-be-the-president-of-the-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marco Rubio is not a natural-born citizen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If birthers had it their way, most second generation immigrants could not ever serve as U.S president or vice president. If birthers had it their way, only people who fall under their definition of “natural-born” citizens could be elected president of the United States of America. This is because according to birthers to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Obama doing his job while fundraising for his campaign?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2016/is-obama-doing-his-job-while-fundraising-for-his-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2016/is-obama-doing-his-job-while-fundraising-for-his-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a question for our readers: do you think it&#8217;s fair for taxpayers who are currently employed and for the unemployed who were formerly taxpayers that President Barack Obama is campaigning while pretending to do his job? I got a letter from Jim Messina, from the Obama 2012 headquarters explaining how almost one million people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dream Activist blames Senators Reid and Durbin for deportations</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2003/dream-activist-blames-senators-reid-and-durbin-for-deportations/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/2003/dream-activist-blames-senators-reid-and-durbin-for-deportations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter circulated by the organization Dream Activist is blaming Senators Durbin and Reid for several deportations in the past weeks. Ramon, a DREAMer from Kentucky who lived in the United States and had been recognized by Kentucky Governor Paul Patton for a mural he created, was not good enough for the senators to lend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reconocida poeta Minerva Margarita Villarreal dice que su secreto es mantenerse modesta</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1962/reconocida-poeta-minerva-margarita-villarreal-dice-que-su-secreto-es-mantenerse-modesta/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1962/reconocida-poeta-minerva-margarita-villarreal-dice-que-su-secreto-es-mantenerse-modesta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arte]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[III Encuentro de Escritores Letras en la Frontera]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Me di el gusto de conocer a la poeta mexicana Minerva Margarita Villarreal durante el III Encuentro de Escritores Letras en la Frontera, presentado por The Society of Hispanic/Latino Writers of San Antonio, la Universidad Autónoma de México en San Antonio y The University of Texas at San Antonio en la ciudad de San Antonio. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nota a Obama: ¿Por qué no legalizar al noventa por ciento de indocumentados que no tiene antecedentes penales?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1953/nota-a-obama-%c2%bfpor-que-no-legalizar-al-noventa-por-ciento-de-indocumentados-que-no-tiene-antecedentes-penales/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1953/nota-a-obama-%c2%bfpor-que-no-legalizar-al-noventa-por-ciento-de-indocumentados-que-no-tiene-antecedentes-penales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estados Unidos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[congresista Luis Gutierrez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[La semana pasada, la agencia federal de inmigración y aduanas (ICE) arrestó a casi 3,000 indocumentados con antecedentes penales y sujetos a deportación. La redada, que tomó lugar en los 50 estados del país, y pescó la mayor cantidad de individuos en una sola batida en la historia de la nación, viene luego de que [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Note to Obama: Why not legalize the ninety percent of undocumented immigrants with no criminal records?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1939/note-to-obama-why-not-legalize-the-ninety-percent-of-undocumented-immigrants-with-no-criminal-records/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1939/note-to-obama-why-not-legalize-the-ninety-percent-of-undocumented-immigrants-with-no-criminal-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ICE Director John Morton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) arrested almost 3,000 undocumented immigrants who have a criminal record and are subject to deportation. The raids, that took place in the fifty states of the country and netted the largest amount of individuals in one single event in recent history, came on the heels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worst situation breeds new business for DREAMer</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1909/worst-situation-breeds-new-business-for-dreamer/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1909/worst-situation-breeds-new-business-for-dreamer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayra is a student at UCLA, a mother, a wife, a savvy new entrepreneur. She has a brilliant future ahead of her… maybe… You see, Mayra is a DREAMer, one of the more than one million students who were brought into the United States illegally by her parents and became undocumented in the country she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty table: Obama invites only three Latino journalists to the White House</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1916/empty-table-obama-invites-only-three-latino-journalists-to-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1916/empty-table-obama-invites-only-three-latino-journalists-to-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gabriel Lerner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jose Siade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karine Medina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama wants to increase his popularity with the Latino population from today&#8217;s approval rate of 48% to the 2008 election levels of 67%; and so, he has gone out of his way to invite Latinos to the White House, which is good. It is his reach and selection process that leaves some journalists, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All I want for Hispanic Heritage Month is respect… y nada más…</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1895/all-i-want-for-hispanic-heritage-month-is-respect%e2%80%a6-y-nada-mas%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1895/all-i-want-for-hispanic-heritage-month-is-respect%e2%80%a6-y-nada-mas%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hispano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plumbago Torres]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the proclamations, the speeches, the month-full of Latino movies. I don’t need to see one more person in Mexican costume, or hear politicians and corporate executives refer to Latinos as their “amigos”. Please don’t speak Spanish masticado only when it is convenient to your campaign; and stop sending mixed signals about your love/hate relationship [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Job growth and Obama’s plan in the Hispanic community discussed by Senator Menendez</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1875/job-growth-and-obama%e2%80%99s-plan-in-the-hispanic-community-discussed-by-senator-menendez/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1875/job-growth-and-obama%e2%80%99s-plan-in-the-hispanic-community-discussed-by-senator-menendez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has asked the Hispanic community in particular to support the American Jobs Act. &#8220;Our future is tied to how well the Latino community does,&#8221; said President Obama to a crowd attending the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 34th Annual Awards Gala last week. The president said during his speech that the fight to put more Americans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DREAM Act March is the brainchild of a young man stuck in Falls Church</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1851/dream-act-march-is-the-brainchild-of-a-young-man-stuck-in-falls-church/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1851/dream-act-march-is-the-brainchild-of-a-young-man-stuck-in-falls-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you spend your entire life in the same neighborhood, knowing that it is your dream to see the world? Would you work a menial job, knowing that you have the capabilities and the brain power to make six figures or more in a career that would make you feel much fulfilled? Would you forego [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to attract Latinos? Stop being condescending and work on real solutions</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1821/how-to-attract-latinos-stop-being-condescending-and-work-on-real-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1821/how-to-attract-latinos-stop-being-condescending-and-work-on-real-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was only one presidential hopeful at the GOP Tea Party Debate on Monday, September 12, that when asked about Latinos and immigration said something that made me say: “That’s right… and that’s the one thing no one talks about.” No, it was not Rick Perry and it was not amnesty. While Rick Santorum talked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DREAMer makes her own path with colorful bracelets</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1803/dreamer-makes-her-own-path-with-colorful-bracelets/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1803/dreamer-makes-her-own-path-with-colorful-bracelets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maxima Guerrero has a dream and she is now asking the world to support it. She has created the DREAM Act bracelets. Fashioned as any other cause-related wristlet, these arm bands sport colorful yarn spinners and the words DREAM ACT across the front. With the bracelets, Guerrero hopes to be able to pay her almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hasta un millón de venezolanos podrían quedarse sin votar</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1766/hasta-un-millon-de-venezolanos-podrian-quedarse-sin-votar/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1766/hasta-un-millon-de-venezolanos-podrian-quedarse-sin-votar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denuncian Trabas para registro Electoral en Consulados Venezolanos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elecciones Venezuela 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Registro Electoral para venezolanos en el extranjero]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Banco Mundial reportó que medio millón de venezolanos dejaron el país el año pasado. Y se estima que un total de un millón de venezolanos que pueden participar en elecciones viven en diferentes países en el extranjero. Carlos Suárez, Responsable Internacional del Movimiento Voluntad Popular, dice que estas cifras empiezan a pintar un contexto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mistura 2011 Festival Gastronómico arranca en Lima el 9 de septiembre</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1772/mistura-2011-festival-gastronomico-arranca-en-lima-el-9-de-septiembre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cocina Peruana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mistura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mistura 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arranca en diez días el festival gatronómico peruano Mistura 2011, que se realizará del 9 al 18 de setiembre en el Parque de la Exposición, anunció la Asociación Peruana de Gastronomía (Apega). Mariano Valderrama, presidente de Apega, precisó que en el módulo central de exhibiciones se mostrará la gran variedad de frutas que se cultivan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latino Rebels reject Tequila Party’s name, question agenda</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1739/latino-rebels-reject-tequila-party%e2%80%99s-name-question-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1739/latino-rebels-reject-tequila-party%e2%80%99s-name-question-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elecciones 2012 Estados Unidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tequila Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino Rebels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latinos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the Tequila Party&#8217;s objective is to become to Latinos what the Tea Party is for middle class America; one of its biggest hindrances is in its branding, starting with the name. Some find it offensive. Some, not broad enough, not inclusive at all; and some don’t think they can take the group seriously with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry World? Clear it up, soul by soul</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1724/angry-world-clear-it-up-soul-by-soul/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1724/angry-world-clear-it-up-soul-by-soul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angry World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doubt.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul Blender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soul blending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Understanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendy Tuttle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, “soul blender” Wendy Tuttle says it takes all of our souls to clear the world of its negative, toxic, rage. If you are feeling a little run down from all the ire hanging like a cloud of acid rain, polluting your true self, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using new marketing tools old-school style</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1703/using-new-marketing-tools-old-school-style/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1703/using-new-marketing-tools-old-school-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Style Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bad economies make people take bad decisions, especially when it comes to marketing techniques. We are all looking for new clients, there are many hungry mouths to feed out there, and some of them are starving and dying. After a decade of depression, hunger is getting worse… and so are some marketing styles. The problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: are you faking it?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1686/obama-are-you-faking-it/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1686/obama-are-you-faking-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Napolitano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Morton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama for America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week President Obama announced what the administration called “a common-sense policy change that will make our immigration system fairer and smarter.” While some regarded the announcement by the Department of Homeland Security regarding handling about 300,000 pending deportations on a case-by-case basis as a great step towards changing the tone of the conversation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secure Communities divides population between hunters and hunted</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1668/secure-communities-divides-population-between-hunters-and-hunted/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1668/secure-communities-divides-population-between-hunters-and-hunted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis Gutierrez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S-Comm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secure Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While saying, in words, de la boca pa’ fuera only, that immigrants are vital contributors to the American society; the Obama administration has done everything possible to prove to immigrant communities that there’s a divide in this country. A high of epic proportions in deportations and an overstretch in the Secure Communities program, fueled by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown to getting the Latino vote… will Obama win the future?</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1633/countdown-to-getting-the-latino-votes%e2%80%a6-will-obama-win-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1633/countdown-to-getting-the-latino-votes%e2%80%a6-will-obama-win-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino electorate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino Vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NLCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somos Republicans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s show time!!! At a little over a year before the 2012 elections, candidates will start “amping up” their sweet little “nothings” right about “trick or treat” time in October. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, Hispanics voted for Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden over Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin by a margin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving, playing, working in multicultural global village comes easy to Latinos</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1614/loving-playing-working-in-multicultural-global-village-comes-easy-to-latinos/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1614/loving-playing-working-in-multicultural-global-village-comes-easy-to-latinos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tecnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural agility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural dexterity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global village]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hispanic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Globalization is inevitable. It is already happening. It’s a fascinating worldwide phenomenon and it is not specific to one particular country. It is an evolution driven by people, which makes it even more captivating, because it has millions of moving parts. As the editor of Contacto Latino, a global site, I’m faced with reading, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perry and the potential for a repeat of Bush years</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1573/perry-and-the-potential-for-a-repeat-of-bush-years/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1573/perry-and-the-potential-for-a-repeat-of-bush-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Perry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching Texas Governor Rick Perry this past few weeks as he invited Christians only to &#8220;The Response: a Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis&#8221; reminded me so much of another infamous pre-election candidate. Not that Perry is a candidate for 2012, but he sure acts like God is about to tell him. Well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pro-immigrant congressman who went to Washington and got arrested</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1554/the-pro-immigrant-congressman-that-went-to-washington-and-got-arrested/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1554/the-pro-immigrant-congressman-that-went-to-washington-and-got-arrested/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nature has a way of balancing things out. For every villain there is a hero,for every Lamar Smith (R-TX) there is a Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) in Congress. And thank God for that. Without two forces fighting the ultimate battles, some of us would always end up with the short end of the stick. Congressman Gutierrez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contacto Latino se suma al rechazo a Correa y su mordaza</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1544/contacto-latino-se-suma-al-rechazo-a-correa-y-sus-actitudes-dictatoriales-contra-el-periodismo/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1544/contacto-latino-se-suma-al-rechazo-a-correa-y-sus-actitudes-dictatoriales-contra-el-periodismo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Política]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Universo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libertad de expresión]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[periodismo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Correa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Para ser efectivo, el periodismo debe tener absoluta libertad de expresión. Una libertad que no debe nunca ser contaminada por el mandatario de turno, las ganancias corporativas o la presión de grupos de interés. La sentencia dictada contra el diario ecuatoriano El Universo esta semana, la cual incluye una multa exorbitante y años de prisión [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got a few minutes? Have a conversation with your soul</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1528/got-a-few-minutes-have-a-conversation-with-your-soul/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1528/got-a-few-minutes-have-a-conversation-with-your-soul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversation with soul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soul blending]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wendy Tuttle had a gift that she says grew within her even before she muttered her first words. A talent she recognized at a young age would present its difficulties in real life. You see, Wendy hears the voices of the souls of each and every person she meets. As a spiritual and intuitive consultant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The anti-immigrant bully who went to Washington and got his way</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1512/the-anti-immigrant-bully-who-went-to-washington-and-got-his-way/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1512/the-anti-immigrant-bully-who-went-to-washington-and-got-his-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14th ammendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity Visa Lottery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E verify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HALT Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keep our Communities Safe Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is a bully when it comes to immigrants. He uses his power to draft, negotiate and pass bills that not only hurt the immigrant community but the image of the United States as a friendly and reasonable country. On Wednesday, he applauded the passing of the Security and Fairness Enhancement (SAFE) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIDER por la paz, las oportunidades para todos y la transparencia política en Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1479/lider-por-la-paz-las-oportunidades-para-todos-y-la-transparencia-politica-en-guatemala/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1479/lider-por-la-paz-las-oportunidades-para-todos-y-la-transparencia-politica-en-guatemala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inmigrantes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Política]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Colom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CONGUATE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elecciones Guatemala 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Caballeros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manuel Baldizon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcos Yax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otto Perez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partido LIDER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberto Ricardo Villate Villatoro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Colom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voto de guatemaltecos en el extrenjero]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Una entrevista con Roberto Ricardo Villate Villatoro del partido LIDER, Guatemala Contacto Latino entrevistó al diputado guatemalteco por Suchitepéquez, Roberto Ricardo Villate Villatoro. El congresista es el jefe de bancada ante el Congreso de la República por el partido social-humanista LIDER (Libertad Democrática Renovada) y la mano derecha del candidato presidencial Manuel Baldizón. Conversamos con [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good-bye to the Harry Potter decade</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1468/good-bye-to-the-harry-potter-decade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Shallows: Part 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the latest installment of Harry Potter, released at midnight last night, parents and fans worldwide have started to bid farewell to an era. Hollywood.com reported that &#8220;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,&#8221; the final film in the successful Warner Bros. boy wizard franchise, conjured up $43.5 million from midnight shows Friday, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La número cien te la dedico a ti</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1458/la-numero-cien-te-la-dedico-a-ti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Escritores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[escritores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facundo Cabral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Columna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[El artículo y tributo a Facundo Cabral con motivo de su asesinato el sábado en Guatemala fue mi columna número noventa y nueve para La Columna en Contacto Latino. Hoy, lunes 11 de julio del 2011, me toca escribir mi columna número cien. Y se me ocurrió que en lugar de escribir acerca de alguien [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El mundo se despide de Facundo Cabral (videos)</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1428/el-mundo-se-despide-de-facundo-cabral-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1428/el-mundo-se-despide-de-facundo-cabral-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Música]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asesinato de Facundo Cabral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facundo Cabral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gracias a la Vida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No soy de aquí ni soy de allá]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[El hombre que decía &#8220;Vive de instante en instante, porque eso es la vida&#8221;, el cantautor argentino Facundo Cabral falleció hace unas horas, asesinado a tiros por desconocidos, cuando se encontraba rumbo al aeropuerto luego de un concierto en Quetzaltenango, a 200 kilómetros al oeste de Ciudad de Guatemala, en donde cerró con su famosa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vistamos a Colombia prestará ayuda a damnificados</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1413/vistamos-a-colombia-prestara-ayuda-a-damnificados/</link>
		<comments>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1413/vistamos-a-colombia-prestara-ayuda-a-damnificados/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estados Unidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hispano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombianos en Estados Unidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daminificados Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recoleccion de ropa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Como una iniciativa de un grupo de líderes colombianos residentes en la ciudad de Houston, TX, que incluyen a Vladimir Naranjo, Claudia Rojas, Vicky Isaza, Alejandra Rueda, Magnolia Sanmiguel, Gloria Pastrana  y Josefina Ramírez, se llevará a cabo una colecta de ropa para ayudar a los damnificados por la severa ola invernal en Colombia durante [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Venezuela libra nueva gesta independentista”, dicen miembros de VEPPEX</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1389/%e2%80%9cvenezuela-libra-nueva-gesta-independentista%e2%80%9d-dicen-miembros-de-veppex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Política]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elecciones Venezuela 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enfermedad de Hugo Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VEPPEX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contacto Latino entrevistó a miembros del grupo Venezolanos Perseguidos Políticos en el Exilio (VEPPEX). El grupo se encuentra activamente en la lucha por un regreso a la democracia dentro de un orden jurídico que ellos piden sea igual para todos. Desde Miami, en donde se encuentran el teniente retirado y presidente de la organización José [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wishing financial independence for our young professionals on this 4th of July</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1378/wishing-financial-independence-for-our-young-professionals-on-this-4th-of-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estados Unidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4th of July]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Professionals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we enjoy the 4th of July weekend, one thing weighs heavily on my mind: financial independence. As much as I like my Latino roots, there’s a trend that I’d rather not see stay forever in this country, and that is the increasing numbers of young adults who go through the grueling four, five, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chávez tiene cáncer, venezolanos furiosos (video)</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1358/chavez-tiene-cancer-venezolanos-furiosos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Política]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cáncer de Chávez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Video: En cadena nacional el mandatario compartió las noticias acerca de su salud. Colocamos el mensaje abajo Durante semanas la salud del presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez fue materia de especulaciones. Y es que el mandatario partió en gira y luego de llegar a Cuba desapareció del mapa y enmudeció. Hace una semana, el gobierno venezolano [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five years later, issues for immigrant community still the same</title>
		<link>http://contacto-latino.com/ideas-latinas/la-columna/1343/five-years-later-issues-for-immigrant-community-still-the-same/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Palacios Mc Bride</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hispano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inmigración]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inmigrantes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Day Without Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HB87]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB1070]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember a Day without Immigrants in May of 2006? I do. I was there, marching alongside my two teen daughters in Columbus, Ohio. That day, hundreds of thousands skipped work and even shopping to show the country how would it feel if all of a sudden immigrants were not part of the picture. [...]]]></description>
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