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Florida’s “culture war” is targeting alleged “lewd” drag queen performances in front of children. The state has sought to revoke liquor licenses from venues that stage inappropriate drag performances. A new law would also impose tighter restrictions, including fines and jail time. (
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DeSantis targets drag performers, a new battle in Florida's "culture wars"

Miranda may be a household name today thanks to the Pulitzer Prize winning musical 
Hamilton. But fans of the Puerto Rican actor, composer and lyricist know it all started with 
In The Heights.

Lin-Manuel Miranda behind the scenes

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Real America with Jorge Ramos

'In The Heights' making Latino history on stage and screen 

The documentary, 'The Boy from Medellín', uses archival footage to flesh out the journey of a young José from his days dreaming of making it big, up to his triumphant return to his hometown, culminating in a performance for a sold-out stadium of adoring fans cheering the global superstar now known as J Balvin.

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The boy from Medellin

Colombian singer and songwriter Camilo is part of a new generation of artists achieving mainstream success en español. His latest album '
Mis Manos' shows the U.S. and global audience is “crossing over” to Spanish-language music.

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Camilo has the world in 'Mis Manos' 

There’s nothing like the humanities to ask the deep and meaningful questions that need to be posed about healing a divided America, says Obama’s inaugural poet. (
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How to unite the country? We need more poetry, says Richard Blanco

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The new ‘Showtime’ crime drama - "City on a Hill" tackles some of today's most controversial topics. Actor Aldis Hodge is one of the stars of that series. In a sit-down interview with Miriam Arias, he spoke about his journey as a child actor and how his work is bringing issues of racism and corruption to light.

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Aldis Hodge, from living in his car to 'City on A Hill'

Pedro Capo is an actor, dancer, and a Latin-Grammy award winning singer-songwriter. He spoke with Yvania Garcia about collaborating with Farruko and Alicia Keys in Uforia Unplugged.

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Uforia Unplugged: Pedro Capo’s collaboration with Farruko and Alicia Keys

Fans across Latin America and the U.S. are paying tribute to actress and telenovel star Edith Gonzalez. She died Thursday after a three-year battle with cancer. Valeria Leon has more details from Mexico City.

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Tribute to Edith Gonzalez in Mexico

Jaqueline Viteri, profesional de etiqueta y protocolo, explica que es fundamental la aplicación de esta disciplina a nivel corporativo. La experta resalta que uno de los retos más grandes que deben afrontar las personas latinas es deshacerse de comportamientos propios de su país de origen y así lograr vivir en armonía en cualquier ambiente organizacional.

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Los modales en el entorno laboral, un tema cultural que hay que saber manejar

Con un evento que tendrá, según ellos, rock and roll, recuerdos y nostalgia; los artistas estarán este jueves, 16 de mayo, en el teatro Microsoft, a las 8:00 de la noche. Aseguran que tras un año, el show está totalmente hecho y que por eso no necesitan casi preparación antes de salir al escenario.

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Angélica María y César Costa se presentan en Los Ángeles y prometen una presentación llena de sorpresas

President Lopez-Obrador's love of baseball influences his desire to create youth-centered baseball programs.

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Mexican president expresses deep love of baseball

In an interview, 11 year old Mia Garcia reacts to being the youngest ever to win "Best Female Artist" at Tejano Music Awards.

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Mia Garcia called next Selena

Actor Eduardo Yáñez was responding to a question about his son at an event in Los Angeles, leaving everybody around him stunned. Reporter Paco Fuentes asked the actor about a GoFundMe page his son posted asking for help to pay for car repairs, rather than seeking the money from his dad. The actor later apologized via Twitter.

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Mexican soap actor slaps Univision reporter on a red carpet

Julian Rodriguez managed to place his 86-year-old grandmother back in the streets of her childhood home through virtual reality technology.

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How VR helped one grandma return to Cuba after 58 years

Artist Enrique Chiu is trying to transform the U.S.- Mexico border one paint stroke at a time. Eight years ago, Chiu started inviting people to paint the wall with the aim of uniting people at the border.

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An artist's beautiful statement about the U.S.-Mexico border

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Women are and have been at the forefront of politics as legislators and activists. Although they are redefining American politics, the country has yet to elect a female to lead the nation.

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Real America: Is the U.S. a machista country?

While acceptance of the label may still be low, the survey shows it appears to be growing as a reflection of changing times and sensibilities about gender identity. (
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The Latinx label is struggling to gain acceptance, but it's on the rise, Pew survey finds

NBA legend Kobe Bryant had a close relationship with the Hispanic community in Los Angeles. Vanessa, his Mexican-American wife, inspired him to learn Spanish and fall in love with Mexican cuisine. Dulce Castellanos spoke with some fans and restaurant workers who served him.

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How Kobe Bryant fell in love with Hispanic food and culture

Without a doubt, the Spanish language has had, and continues to have, enormous effects on everyday American life and culture. For most non-Hispanics, this means increased exposure to new words and expressions, new foods and flavors, and the increased presence of Latino recording artists and actors in the “mainstream” media.

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OPINION: A WHOLE NEW WORLD

As a child in Fort Worth, TX where I was born and raised, Mexican traditions and customs were celebrated within the walls of our home.

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OPINION: CALIFOMEXICATION

When you think about it, it’s pretty easy to see the incredible impact Hispanics have had in the arts, particularly recently.

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Hispanic Contribution to the Arts

In Maria’s home, there’s a recurring musical track played over and over with a melody incomparable to any Salsa, Merengue or Bachata song. It goes like this: Chchchchchchchchchch. It’s the harmonic rhythm of her 9 qt
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OPINION: Proud to be Cubana Americana

Latino culture and Latino identity are best summarized in two words: unity and color. Through the many flags that represent them or the many shades of its people, Latino culture is based on diversity. If you ask a Latino how they define themselves, you might get a variety of answers based on their nationality, their race, what language ordialect they speak, but one identity remains the same: Latino.

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OPINION: The Melting Pot - A look at Latino Culture

Latinos in the United States are multicultural despite often being grouped into a homogenous cluster. Turning on a Latin radio station or going down the street to eat provides a different experience depending on which coast of the country you are in.

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OPINION: Latinos - More than Meets the Surface, Rooted in Tradition

A group of fundamentalist religious leaders with ties to the White House expanded their ministries in Latin America and made deals with presidents with checkered records in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras. Columbia Journalism Investigations (CJI), the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) also documented how these leaders influenced policies towards Israel.

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Evangelical Leaders supported by the White House export fundamentalist agenda to Latin America

La Policía de Salinas, una ciudad mayoritariamente latina en el norte de California, están llegando al corazón de la comunidad de una manera diferente, vistiendo uniformes que se asemejan al traje charro mexicano tradicional.

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Oficiales en el norte de California lucen vestimenta de charro para conectar con la comunidad hispana

One award went to Jorge Ramos' new Facebook Watch show, 'Real America with Jorge Ramos,' for a piece on politicial repression in Nicaragua. The other two were for immigration coverage, including a raid on workers in the Iowa town of Postville, and the impact of the 'zero tolerance' policy on a traumatized Guatemalan girl who was separated from her family after crossing the U.S. border.

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Univision News wins three Edward R. Murrow awards for its coverage of immigration and the Nicaragua crisis 

In this week’s episode of Real America, Cisneros talk about her battling her father's old-fashioned view of a woman's role, her path to success as a Latina author, and how to take 'selfies'.

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Award-winning Mexican-American writer, Sandra Cisneros, on the advantages of being biculturally "amphibious"

The Oscar-nominated movie, Roma, took the plight of Mexican domestic workers to the big screen. This week on The Real America, Jorge Ramos discusses a new bill that would give them protection in the US.

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Roma and the rights of domestic workers

The organizers of Friday's show hope to raise $100 million in TV and internet broadcasting rights for the humanitarian aid effort in Venezuela. Watch the live broadcast here.

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Watch Venezuela Aid Live: What you need to know about the concert on the border

"Hamilton is still about the origin of our country. Those fights are still the fights we are having." Lin-Manuel Miranda talks to Jorge Ramos about Hamilton's Friday premiere in Puerto Rico, his latest role in Mary Poppins Returns and the upcoming movie version of In the Heights.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda discusses how his musical career is interwoven with themes of immigration, gentrification and U.S. political history

'Christmas Eve in the Hills of Jaruco.' The story of Colonel Alfredo Lima Tardiff, a fearless leader of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain in the 1890s.

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One family's Christmas tale from Cuba

Millions of low-income Hispanics in the United States and Latin America donate 10% of their monthly income to evangelical churches. A Univision investigation examined some of these congregations and found that their handling of the millions of dollars donated by parishioners lacked transparency. In one case, the House of God in Guatemala, pastor carlos 'Cash' Luna was linked to a drug trafficker, according to several sources. In another case, authorities in Colombia are investigating pastor Maria Luisa Piraquive for alleged money laundering.

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Special report: Magnates of the Lord

Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson claimed during a recent interview with Univision Noticias journalist Enrique Acevedo that tacos are a typically U.S. food. But food historians say the taco's origins are solidly Mexican.

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Tucker Carlson says tacos were invented in San Diego. Really?

11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestry do not identify as Hispanic, study estimates.

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New Pew study examines how Hispanic identity fades across generations

Rose must have been sweating under his tuxedo as Amanpour laid into her male colleagues. "The floodgates are open, a reckoning is underway," she warned.

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Christiane Amanpour spoke out about sexual harassment of journalists, with Charlie Rose sitting a few feet away. Now she will replace the PBS star

After 25 years at CNN, Janiot will join Univision in January 2018 as co-anchor of “Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna” and Primetime Magazine “Aquí y Ahora.”

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Univision News signs celebrated news anchor Patricia Janiot

How two, well-brought up daughters of Chicago cops married into the drug trade, and survived to tell the tale, helping bring down El Chapo Guzman in the process. They agreed to an interview with Univision, but only under the most secretive conditions.

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Interview: Meet the cartel wives, Olivia and Mia Flores

Miami-based filmmaker Gaspar González discusses his latest documentary, A Long Way from Home, on the prolonged fight to desegregate professional baseball, and explains why Latinos are part of the story.

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The untold story of baseball’s desegregation

The 70-foot-tall artwork, created by the French artist JR, is an eye-catching attraction at the Tecate border, designed to highlight the innocence of young immigrants such as those awaiting word of possible deportation after the rescinding of DACA.

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Innocent 'Kikito', the larger than life photo of a child who knows no walls or borders

The work titled 'Kikito, shows a little one-year-old looking over the rusted border fence in Tecate, Mexico. It was inspired by a dream of the French artist' JR '. When he woke up, he wondered what thoughts were going through the baby's head and decided to translate that idea into a work of art, measuring 70 feet in height.

What is this curious child thinking as he peers over the border wall?

More than 15 percent of the runners who crossed the finish line in the annual marathon didn’t actually run the entire 26.2 miles – or even most of it, for that matter.

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Fraud runs amok at Mexico City marathon

Many Mexican musicians used the drug trade and organized crime as inspiration for their songs, but in a few cases link to the cartels have gone deeper than that.

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Julión Álvarez isn't the first regional Mexican singer to be linked to drug trafficking

In the new episode of the U-LAB Podcast, meet this neo-soul singer from Spain who recently made her American debut.

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Nora Norman is manifesting her dreams

In recent months, several Latinos have become victims of racist incidents after speaking Spanish in public. Now, some say they’re torn between a fear of using their mother tongue in public and claiming language as an essential element of their identity.

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Between fear and pride: in hostile climate, Hispanics wonder if it's still safe to speak Spanish

As hate incidents are on the rise and anti-immigrant rhetoric intensifies, the word 'spic' has come into focus. The term actually dates back to the construction of the Panama Canal at the beginning of the 20th century. From there it traveled north to the border between Mexico and the United States.

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The true origin of the word 'spic,' the racist insult aimed at Hispanics

When the five-year-old was rescued off the Florida coast in 1999 he became the center of an international custody battle that pitted family members against one another and tested U.S. foreign policy at a crucial moment in history. Now 23, González talks in a documentary film about his experience and the changing nature of U.S.-Cuba relations.

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The political battle over Cuban rafter boy Elián González is the focus of new documentary film

Members of Venezuela's internationally famous music education program, known as 'El Sistema,' joined a month-old wave of anti-government protests on Sunday. It took the death of 17-year-old musician Armando Cañizales for them to join to chorus of protests.

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In photos: the killing of a violinist sends Venezuelan musicians onto the streets to protest

The two faces to the women protesters in Venezuela: They are brave and determined, with the strength to hurl police tear gas rounds. And on Saturday they also marched peacefully by the thousands.

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UPDATED In photos: The "warrior" women on the front lines in Venezuela's street protests

In July 2016 the singer known as "El Sol de México" was ordered to pay his former manager more than $1 million for an outstanding contract. He was released from custody Tuesday afternoon after posting bond.

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Singer Luis Miguel arrested for non-payment of $1 million to former manager

An organizer-activist, a singer, an undocumented woman, the Pope, the new leader of the Democratic Party and a Brazilian scientist are among the most influential Latino leaders this year, according to the publication's annual list of the "most influential people."

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These are the most influential Latinos of 2017, according to Time magazine

From 1979 until 2007, residents of Naco, Mexico, and Naco, United States, played volleyball over the border fence, batting the ball back and forth between the two countries. A taller border fence meant volleyball could no longer unite the twin towns.

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When neighbors played volleyball over the U.S.-Mexico border fence 

Jose Emiliano Aguilar, 24, was arrested while trying to cross from Tijuana to San Diego with four Chinese immigrants in the trunk of the car he was driving

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Son of mariachi star Pepe Aguilar arrested at border with four people in his car trunk

For months, 4chan and Reddit forums have encouraged users to seek out immigrants that are posting about being undocumented online — such as through the Twitter hashtag “undocumented and unafraid" — and denounce them to ICE. In response, activists recommend that undocumented immigrants take precautions when posting personal information online.

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Activists recommend undocumented immigrants maintain a low profile on social media 

Jewish journalist Yair Rosenberg has been the target of anti-Semitism on social media. In response, he takes a humorous approach to shut down the hate.