October 16, 2006 | VivirLatino

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Correa and Noboa advance in Ecuador elections

14:58 H — Jennifer

Following this past Sunday's election day, the presidential race in Ecuador is heating up. Voters eliminated Christian conservative Cynthia Viteri (accused last week of election fraud) and three other candidates, and now two very different men are advancing to the... Read more »

Topics: Ecuador - Latin America - Politics

New Santo Latino

11:27 H — Maegan la Mala

Hispanic/Latino Heritage month closed with a new santo. Mexican Bishop Rafael Guízar y Valencia was canonized yesterday by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.Guízar y Valencia, born in 1878 and bishop of Xalapa-Veracruz from 1919 until his death in 1938, is... Read more »

Topics: Religion

Latino Men and Women Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence

09:13 H — Maegan la Mala

This month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and while stats say that 1 out of 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, according to the Denver-based National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, not many in the Latino community... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Events - Family - Justice - New York City - Women