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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Have we become so cynical as to believe that Arizona elected officials make claims solely for political gain? Are we to believe that politicians promote fear in order to advance their own agenda? Selling down your state by discouraging tourists and visitors is unthinkable, unconscionable and a reckless disregard for the welfare of the state already reeling in economic red ink</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Imagine my surprise Tuesday morning (14 September) when I walked into the lobby of the finest hotel in the civilized world, Las Vegas’ Belaggio Hotel, and heard the sound of trumpets. There stood eight Mexican musicians, seven men and one woman dressed in immaculate white mariachi costumes playing their hearts out.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Desde los tiempos bíblicos hasta la modernidad de este día la triste institución de pobreza siempre nos ha acompañado. Igual de antigua es la institución de matrimonio que forma la fundación de nuestra sociedad. Por siglos, prácticamente toda medida para reducir o erradicar la pobreza por parte del gobierno ha sido en vano.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; ¿Pero que tal si el matrimonio tuviera la llave para reducir la pobreza?</p>

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<p><strong>PBS NewsHour</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>TIJUANA</strong> — Toiling with a pile of wood planks in his garage turned woodshop, 46-year-old Roberto Carrillo exclaims without hesitation: “Tijuana is not Ciudad Juarez. We don’t have the level of violence that you read every day in the papers happens there, or many other states of the country, yet for the foreign media it makes no difference.”</p>