Articles Tagged “Florida”

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    Video: Mitt Romney Releases New Spanish-Language Ad in Florida “NOSOTROS”

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    Pin itemailMitt Romney’s son, Craig, narrates a new Spanish-language commercial that is airing in Florida called “Nosotros.” Romney also speaks a few words of Spanish at the end of the commercial “I’m Mitt Romney and I approve of this message. Thank you very much.” The ad features several well-known Cuban-American lawmakers — Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and [...]

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    Lethal Levels of Carbon Monoxide Sicken Over a Dozen at Florida Ice Rink

    Pin itAt least five people are being treated at the hospital after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at a Clearwater, Florida ice skating rink, the Associated Press reported. More than a dozen children and adults have fallen ill at the Clearwater Ice Arena, according to the Clearwater, FL Patch.com site and the [...]

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    Birthers: Florida Senator Marco Rubio is not a Natural Born Citizen and Not Eligible to be President

    Pin itActivists known as birthers, those who believe Barack Obama is not a U.S. Citizen and therefore ineligible to be president, are rallying against U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the Cuban-American freshman senator from Florida, according to a St. Petersburg Times report. Birthers say Rubio, who was born in Miami, is ineligible to be President under [...]

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    Are new Sunshine State Latino License Plates a Political Trick?

    Pin itIn April of this year, the then Republican Governor of Florida Charlie Crist announced his intention to run for the United States Senate. Although he had been the stronghold of the Republican party’s presence in the Sunshine State, support from the GOP for the November elections seemed uncertain. On May 29, Governor Crist announced [...]

  • Help for People Affected by Anti-Immigrant Murders in FL

    Pin itBy Mariela, Social Service Worker, and Dos Lives weekly contributor. The horrifying news about the murder of my fellow Chileans in Florida leaves us wondering why a 60-year old man would shoot five students in their apartment. Will the world get any safer? The world’s economic crisis will increase crime and other social issues [...]