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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known by her initials AOC, is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district.
Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district on June 26, 2018.
Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.
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Cesar Chavez
An American labor leader and civil rights activist, Cesar Chavez cofounded the National Farm Workers Association. Chavez famously organized and led what is considered the most successful boycott in U.S. history–over 17 million Americans participated in the Delano grape strike and boycott, leading to an agreement guaranteeing field workers' right to unionize, better working conditions, and access to health care and pensions.
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This Latino is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, and songwriter. His music is often defined as Latin trap and reggaeton.
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Tacos
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Mexico
Red, white, and green are the colors of the national army in Mexico. The central emblem is the Mexican coat of arms, based on the Aztec symbol for Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), the center of the Aztec empire.
It recalls the legend of an eagle sitting on a cactus while devouring a serpent that signaled to the Aztecs where to found their city, Tenochtitlan.
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Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Court. Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York City, to Puerto Rican-born parents.
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Roberto Enrique Clemente was a Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Clemente was the first Latin American and Caribbean player to win a World Series as a starting position player (1960), to receive an NL MVP Award (1966), and to receive a World Series MVP Award (1971).
Clemente was involved in charity work in Latin American and Caribbean countries during the off-seasons, often delivering baseball equipment and food to those in need. On December 31, 1972, he died in a plane crash at the age of 38 while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua
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"Queen of Tejano music"
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A traditional Mesoamerican dish made using masa (starchy, corn-based dough) and filled with meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables or chilies, then steamed or boiled in a corn or banana leaf wrapper.
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Puerto Rico
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Cristina Saralegui
The “Oprah” of Spanish-speaking media, Saralegui was the much-loved host of El Show de Cristina for 21 years. The Cuban-born mogul, now 66, embraced controversial issues in the Hispanic community. Equal parts entertainer and educator, she challenged her audience to think deeply about such subjects as LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS, before they were mainstream topics.
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Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.
In 1982, his largest class of students took and passed an advanced placement test in Calculus. Some of the students' test scores were invalidated by the testing company because it believed that the students had cheated. Escalante protested, saying that the students had been disqualified because they were Hispanic and from a poor school. A few months later many of the students retook the test and passed.
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a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. She became known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa" or "The Queen of Latin Music".
Celia Cruz
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Arepas
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Guatemala
The two Sky blue stripes represent the fact that Guatemala is a land located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean sea); and the sky over the country. The white signifies peace and purity.
In the center of the flag is the Guatemalan coat of arms. It includes the quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala that symbolizes liberty; a parchment scroll bearing the date of Central America's independence from Spain, 15 September 1821;
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Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center.
In 1993 Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
She was the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
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Jorge Ramos
Mexican-born American journalist and author, is one of the most influential people in America, and is currently a major anchor for Univision.
He champions Hispanic peoples rights through his reporting, and is a advocate of increasing literacy among Hispanic Americans. Despierta Leyendo (Wake Up Reading) is one of the fruits of his labor—the first Book Club in the history of Hispanic television.
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Where is this Shakira from?
Barranquilla, Colombia
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Literally translated as “old clothes”, shredded beef is indeed reminiscent of shredded rags of clothing. Is often accompanied by fried plantain, black beans and rice.
Ropa Vieja
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Colombia
Yellow: Represents the riches of the country, the wealth of the Colombian soil, the gold, sovereignty, harmony, justice and agriculture, as well as the Sun, the source of Light.
Blue: represents the sky above, the seas on Colombia's shores, the rivers that run through..
Red: represents the blood spilled for Colombia's independence and also the effort of Colombian people, their determination and perseverance. It represents that although Colombia's people have had to struggle they have thrived.
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum is an Indigenous feminist and human rights activist from Guatemala.
Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights internationally.
She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and the Prince of Asturias Award in 1998, in addition to other prestigious awards
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Mr. Bobby Lee Verdugo grew up in East Los Angeles in the 1960’s, a time period where Latinos and Chicanos were not encouraged to continue their education and were often discriminated against.
He was a leader of the historic 1968 high school walkouts of East Los Angeles, a student-led effort to bring education reform to the disenfranchised schools on the Eastside.
El Centro at EKU is dedicated to Bobby Lee Verdugo in honor of his tireless dedication and advocacy for educational attainment for Latino students.
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One of the most important Mexican bands in history, Los Jefes de Jefes (as they're popularly known) are the voice of their people in the United States. Inventors of the contemporary corrido, their songs tell the stories of both Mexican life and the immigrant experience
Tigres Del Norte
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A traditional soup or stew. It is made from hominy with meat, and can be seasoned and garnished with shredded lettuce or cabbage, chile peppers, onion, garlic, radishes, avocado, salsa or limes.
Pozole
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Bolivia
The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Bolivian coat of arms in the center.
The red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers.
The green symbolizes fertility.
The yellow the nation's mineral deposits.