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Retired farmworker advocate Tomas Villanueva is embraced by his son, Gabriel Villanueva, as Washington state Assistant Secretary of State Ken Raske, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in Seattle. Villanueva, 72, was a pioneer among Latino advocates, founded United Farm Workers of Washington state and worked to get farm workers health benefits, improved housing and the minimum wage. (AP Photos/Manuel Valdes)
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Retired farmworker advocate Tomas Villanueva cries as he listens to speakers at a ceremony in his honor hosted by Washington Secretary of State's office Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in Seattle. Villanueva, 72, was a pioneer among Latino advocates, founded United Farm Workers of Washington state and worked to get farm workers health benefits, improved housing and the minimum wage. (AP Photos/Manuel Valdes)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. For President Vladimir Putin, the Winter Olympics he brought to Sochi have always been about far more than sports. The benefits he sees from holding the games range from improving Russia’s international standing and instilling a sense of national pride to turning around the country’s demographic decline. And of course Putin wants to be seen, at home and abroad, as the man who made this all possible. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)