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Showing posts with label Puerto Ricans. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Puerto Ricans. Show all posts

Aug 7, 2009

For Puerto Ricans, Sotomayor’s Success Stirs Pride

By DAVID GONZALEZ In the summer of 1959, Edwin Torres landed a $60-a-week job and wound up on the front page of El Diario . He ...

Senate Approves Sotomayor to Supreme Court

By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme C...

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