HHM Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. This baseball player was born in New York to Dominican parents. He now plays for the New York Yankees and was named the American League’s MVP in 2003 and 2005.
  2. 5. This Cuban star was born in Havana in 1957. She began her career with the Miami Sound Machine and has won 5 Grammy Awards.
  3. 8. This Chilean novelist was born in 1942 and is the author of The House of Spirits.
  4. 9. This astronaut was the world’s first female Hispanic astronaut and has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.
  5. 10. This social activist was born in 1930 in New Mexico social and was the co-founder the United Farm Workers of America.
  6. 12. This Mexican-American author was born in Chicago in 1954 and wrote The House on Mango Street.
  7. 14. This general was born in Venezuela in 1783 and in many Latin American nations is known as “The Liberator.”
  8. 17. The Mexican muralist referred to in #3 Across.
  9. 18. This boxer was born in 1973 in Los Angeles and won a gold medal for the U.S. in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.
  10. 19. This Mexican-American civil rights leader was born in Arizona in 1927 and founded the United Farm Workers of America.
Down
  1. 1. This Puerto Rican actress, dancer and singer won an Academy Award for her 1961 portrayal of Anita in West Side Story.
  2. 3. This Puerto Rican musician was born in 1923 in New York and was considered “The King of Mambo.”
  3. 4. The daughter of Honduran immi- grants, this actress was born in California in 1984 and is the star of Ugly Betty.
  4. 6. This Colombian author won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature and wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude.
  5. 7. This Argentine author, poet and philosopher was born in Buenos Aires in 1899 and wrote The Garden of the Forking Paths.
  6. 11. This native of California was named United States Treasurer in 2004.
  7. 13. This Chilean poet won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature and wrote Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.
  8. 15. This Cuban legend was born in 1925 in Havana and was considered the “Queen of Salsa.”
  9. 16. This Mexican artist, born in 1907, produced many colorful autobiographical paintings and was married to a famous muralist.
  10. 19. This Puerto Rican baseball player played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was the first Latin American player inducted into The National Baseball Hall of Fame.