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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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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. His latest foray is to an elementary school cafeteria in...
THE NEW FUTURE
Juan Hernandez on Terror
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Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2001
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...
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Mexico
Once upon a time we committed ourselves to putting a man on the moon. What kind of similar commitment should we make now? What's the "moon shot" of the 21st century?
The "moon shot" of the 21st century is to reconceive the relationship between national belonging, citizenship, and human and civil rights. We must commit ourselves to finding a way to ensure that the wealthier countries' legitimate desire to maintain their autonomy and nationhood does not ...