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Passionate dance

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15 November 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email

 

“We have the best salsa dancers in the world coming to the event,” says Ricardo Sanchez about the San Francisco Bay Area International Salsa Congress and Competition. Taking place November 20th-23rd at the Oakland Marriott City Center, the annual event attracts Latin dance and music

Getting off the streets

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18 October 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email
Child prostitutes in Alameda County and throughout the state will no longer be treated as criminals under a new law signed by Governor Schwarzenegger. When police pick up children younger than 18 who are suspected of being in the sex trade, they now will be required to identify and

Saliendo de las calles

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18 October 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email

Las prostitutas menores de edad del Condado de Alameda y a lo largo del estado ya no serán tratadas como delincuentes bajo una ley nueva firmada por el Gobernador Schwarzenegger. Bajo esta ordenanza,

Family builders

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26 July 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email
“I want to find a family that could be mine forever,” says fourteen year old Caesar, who is one of many older Latino children in California waiting and looking for a new family that will love them. Like most children who are available for adoption, Caesar is in the foster family system. Without a permanent family,

Construyendo familias

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26 July 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email
“Yo quiero encontrar una familia con la que pueda estar para siempre,” dice Caesar de 14 años, quien es uno de los muchos niños Latinos en California que esperan pertenecer a una familia que los quiera. Como la mayoría de los niños disponibles para adopción,

Help for homeowners?

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12 July 2008 Visión Hispana Print Email
Whenever a disaster happens, there is heated debate as to who is responsible and what should be done to improve the situation. The scope of the sub-prime mortgage and foreclosure problem can be called a disaster as thousands of families across the country have lost their homes. The debate about the shared