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							<title><![CDATA[Why Latinos Should Not Sit Out This Election]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria T. Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala, the largest gathering of Latino elected officials, leaders, activists, and young Latinos working in Washington. In the middle of his rousing speech, the crowd started booing as the president outlined...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Latinos Should Not Sit Out This Election]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria T. Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala, the largest gathering of Latino elected officials, leaders, activists, and young Latinos working in Washington. In the middle of his rousing speech, the crowd started booing as the president outlined...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Reach Latinos, GOP Must Alter Its Message, Tone]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/08/22/to_reach_latinos_gop_must_alter_its_message_tone_123710.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria T. Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last part of five-day special report, "Hispanic Voters: Trends and Opportunities," running this week and sponsored by Univision. 
There is no doubt that the Latino electorate is becoming increasingly important in presidential elections and will become even more so in the future....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rand Paul: The Flip-Flop King]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/12/opinion/cardona-rand-paul/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria T. Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is giving people whiplash. In the last month, he has shifted, flip-flopped and pandered so strikingly on a range of positions and statements that it makes you wonder whether he has suddenly developed a deep disregard for his own convictions, or never had any to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cuts Are a Political Disaster for Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/opinion/cardona-budget-cuts/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria T. Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- Earlier this month, the House majority leader, Eric Cantor, rolled out to much fanfare a new "branding effort" for the Republican Party, focused on broadening its appeal and helping the middle class.It seemed hopeful at the time. Sadly, today it is laughable. We are days away...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Playing Politics w/Ambassador Confirmation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/09/opinion/cardona-aponte-salvador/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria T. Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States is on the verge of losing a fierce advocate for democracy in Latin America. Mari Carmen Aponte, ambassador to El Salvador, was initially nominated by President Obama in late 2009. He made her a recess appointment in August 2010. She has hit the ground running in a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tea Party Tyranny Must Stop]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/29/cardona.tea.party/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria T. Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We have become victims of the Tyranny of 87. This is not a reference  to the years immediately preceding the French Revolution of 1789. I am  referring to July 2011 in the United States of America, the greatest  democracy in the world. Or so I thought.The Tyranny of 87 is  the bizarre,...]]></description>
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