Cárdenas

[ kahr-the-nahs ]

noun

1. Lá·za·ro [lah, -sah-, r, aw], 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
2. a seaport in NW Cuba.

Cárdenas

/ ˈkarðenas /

noun

1. CárdenasLázaro18951970MMexicanPOLITICS: statesmanMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: head of state Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)

Example Sentences

The body cavity search Christina Cardenas was subjected to at a correctional facility and hospital in Tehachapi amounted to “state sanctioned torture,” attorney Gloria Allred said.

From Los Angeles Times

While some might see the delay as a problem, Russia Chavis Cardenas, the voting rights and redistricting program manager for California Common Cause, called it a virtue.

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“It means elections officials are doing everything they can to count every legitimate ballot fairly and accurately,” Cardenas said.

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Referencing the “+57” lyric, “Turned off her phone so she wouldn’t get caught / Baby is bad, but she’s smart,” the agency’s general director Astrid Cáceres Cárdenas alleged the song alludes to the country’s network of human trafficking, in which young girls are invited to parties where they are vulnerable to sexual exploitation.

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“I am not saying this because it is a matter of conservatism. It’s because the truth is our girls who have lived it, they have not told it,” Cárdenas said, adding that the agency is open to educating reggaeton artists about how such songs normalize abuse against young women in Medellín.

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