WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Powell spent 35 years in the Army…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – Orange County Government closed Hispanic Heritage Month with “Noche de Esperanza: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Hope,” a gala that honored youth leaders of the Hispanic community and celebrate the culture. The celebration also included the Hispanic Youth Leadership Awards (HYLA), a brainchild of Yetzenia Negrón, president of the Hispanic…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – US Representative Charlie Crist believes in the automatic restoration of rights for convicted felons as part of his proposed justice reform in his campaign for Florida governor, during a roundtable in Saint Marks AME Church in Orlando at noon on Monday, as part of his Justice For All policy tour. Crist…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – Like so many members of the Latin community of Central Florida, District 4 Commissioner Maribel Gómez Cordero was born on the island of Puerto Rico. She lived there most of her life until 1997 when she moved here with her family and to earn her Master’s Degree from Webster University in…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – In a 2020 interview, Commissioner Mayra Uribe said that her passion for politics came from her mother, an immigrant like her father, both of who came to the United States escaping the conflicts in their native Argentina and Colombia. Unfortunately, Uribe’s mother passed away before she became a commissioner, so she…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – One of many firsts in Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith’s life is that he was the first of his family to be born in the United States. His father Luis Guillermo is a Peruvian businessman that owns a pool cleaning company; his mother, Johanne, is a French Canadian teacher that runs an…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – In a news release provided by the Angel Perry campaign, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Florida Presidents’ Council unanimously voted to endorse the Republican candidate for Florida House District 50. CWA is the second union to donate the maximum $1,000 amount to Perry’s campaign, following the International Union of Painters…
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ST. CLOUD, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was in St. Cloud to announce that Florida will open a new monoclonal antibody treatment site in Osceola County at St. Cloud Community Center. Additionally, the Governor was joined by Floridians who have recovered thanks to monoclonal therapies. Florida now has 23 state-run monoclonal antibody treatment sites. The…
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