Four weeks before the 2008 presidential election, Juan Hernandez flew from Washington, D.C., to Phoenix for an interview on the Spanish-language news channel Univision. A charismatic public speaker and cheerleader for the Republican cause, Hernandez had been candidate John McCain’s Hispanic outreach director for 14 months. “I’d left my home and family in Fort Worth, not even thinking about how I was going to make money for the next year, because I would be working as a volunteer,” he recalls. “I was living in a cheap hotel called the Americana so that I could work out of the Washington, D.C., headquarters and be there every morning for the 7:30 strategy meetings.”
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Well, this is the day! Republicans from Florida will decide who they want as candidate for president! Most news commentators say that Romney is already the winner. What do you think? Can Gingrich rebound after Florida? Should Santorum quit the race? Is there any reason for Ron Paul to continue? Juan Hernandez is a new age conquistador. His mission? To reconquer the millions of Mexican people who have journeyed north across the Rio Grande and the Southwest desert in search of wealth and opportunity -- or at least a meager living. THE NEW FUTURE
Juan Hernandez on Terror
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Minister of Migrant Affairs, Mexico
This is a moment for us to show what we're made of, to rise to the challenge. I'm going to travel more now, get on more planes, continue to work for a better U.S.-Mexican relationship--instead of being controlled by fear.
But yes, it is a new world, and it's very sad to all of us, especially those of us living in North America. This did not happen to a distant...
Just a little history:
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Politico Magazine: Juan Hernandez - Today
His latest foray is to an elementary school cafeteria in the tiny hamlet of Guadalupe, Arizona in the Phoenix Valley. The people here are mostly low income Yaqui Indians and Mexican immigrants.
But Don Hernandez arrives not clad ...
THE NEW FUTURE - Part III