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Are Telenovelas Really the Wave of the Future?

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There’s never a dull moment in a telenovela! From the long and often theatrical pauses, the vicious tongue lashings, and the inevitable cachetadas, one after another, we can’t help but keep our eyes glued to the screen when we’re watching…
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Wonder

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Wonder By R.J. Palacio Knopf • 2012 • 320 pages Hardcover ($15.99) ISBN: 978-0-375-86902-0 Ages 10 and up August Pullman, better known as Auggie, is about to start 5th grade in a new school. Up until now, he had been homeschooled…
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Why this Latina Mom is Grateful for Obama’s Victory

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Shortly before Barack Obama was elected President in 2008, the U.S. economy took a nosedive. A few months later, I separated and then divorced, after two years of marriage counseling and a personal and professional downward spiral prompted…
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Little Pim: Numbers • Little Pim: Animals

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Little Pim: Numbers Written & Illustrated by Julia Pimsleur Levine Abrams Appleseed • 2012 • 10 pages Boardbook ($8.95) ISBN: 978-1-4197-0321-8 Ages 2-5 Little Pim: Animals Written & Illustrated by Julia Pimsleur Levine Abrams…
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10 Sexy Books for Women to Lust Over

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With millions of women grabbing up copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, it’s as though E.L. James, a half-Chilean, married mami, invented the literary genre of women’s erotica. But consider these other sexy offerings, many of them penned by…
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6 Celebrities You Probably Didn't Know Were Latinas

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Most of the time when we see a list of beautiful or powerful Latinas, the same names seem to pop up: Eva Longoria, Sonia Sotomayor, Gloria Estefan, Salma Hayek and the like. But there are a number of beautiful and powerful women whose heritage…
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Ondatrópica Revives Colombian Tropical Music

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The Buena Vista Social Club documentary was released in 1997 along with the corresponding album featuring, among other re-emerging icons, the great Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzalez and Omara Portuondo. A beat-laden fire was lit under the collective…
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Follow Friday: #LATISM #HurricaneSandy Relief & Other News

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So we´re back from LATISM12 (Latinos in Social Media), which I tried my best to capture in a recap post published yesterday on Mamiverse. Thank you all who made it a wonderful enriching experience. I encourage you to follow the #LATISM hashtag…
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An American Tradition: The Pumpkin Patch

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One of the first places I brought Carlos when he was my boyfriend was to a pumpkin patch, and one of the first things I showed him was how to to carve a jack-o-lantern. I’ve always been interested in other cultures and traditions, but there…