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Posts tagged "Mexico City"

Ricky Martin comes out as gay and gay marriage is now legal in Mexico City

Ricky Martin has come out of the closet. The Puerto Rican singer who gained mainstream fame with “Livin’ la Vida Loca” revealed on his Web site Monday that he is gay. “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man,” Martin wrote on his Web site and it also was reported by... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 29, 2010 at 7:39 pm
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Illinois earthquake reminds me of Haiti and Mexico tragedies

When my house west of Chicago started rattling just before 4 a.m. this morning  I knew it was an earthquake. Photo from JC Garcia Capparos I’ve lived through bigger earthquakes in Southern California and in Mexico in recent years so I knew that wasn’t a snow plow that hit my house. All this news of... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 10, 2010 at 3:52 pm
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Slavery, an election and Ahmadinejad goes to Latin America

There have been some interesting headlines out of Latin America recently. A slavery ring was broken up in Mexico City. In Honduras, they held an election while the deposed president is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. And the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was recently on a Latin America... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
December 7, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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Mexico City bans plastic bags, so why can't Chicago?

Mexico City is the latest city to bag the plastic bag. Last week, a ban on non-biodegradable bags went into effect in the city of almost 9 million people. Fines can range from 1,000 to 20,000 days of minimum salary and up to 36 hours in jail. That’s harsh. But it’s great to see our... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
August 23, 2009 at 10:41 pm
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