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...statement. “The far-reaching benefits of a healthy lifestyle become apparent as people click through the site and see that a single risk factor can impact their risk of many diseases,” he said. Continuously updated, the site most recently launched a Spanish version after using research from focus groups to adapt the site for Spanish-speaking populations, according to Samplin-Salgado...
...puppet show at the Peabody Museum celebrating the Mexican Day of the Dead became the scene of protests denouncing the Mexican government last night. About 30 protesters—carrying black crosses and Spanish-language placards—rallied outside the show, calling attention to deaths in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where labor unions, leftist activists, and Indian groups have taken over the capital to demand the governor’s resignation. The protesters targeted the show at Harvard’s Peabody Museum because one of the event’s sponsors was the Consulate of Mexico...
...anticipation of next Tuesday’s midterm elections, the Harvard College Democrats have been pooling efforts with Fuerza Latina and Harvard RAZA, targeting Spanish-speaking populations to help address the nationwide problem of low turnout among Hispanic voters...
...People were happy that somebody was...trying to get them involved in the political process,” Alvarenga said of her phone-banking experiences with Spanish-speaking voters in New Mexico, where 29 percent of residents speak Spanish at home, according to a 2000 U.S. Census Bureau report...
...Processing over 50 million cubic feet of gas per day, the Repsol Rio Grande in Bolivia's eastern state of Santa Cruz sends gas to Bolivia and Brazil. Before the Spanish firm took over in 1997, the state-run facility barely functioned properly because of a lack of resources. Since then, says plant operations supervisor Joaquim Mendez, "things run efficiently - virtually accident free, productive and on schedule...