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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Last week’s Republican debate brought some interesting surprises. As a Latina Democrat, the biggest one I saw was Newt Gingrich’s defense of a legalization program for undocumented immigrants who have roots in the community and pose no threat to society.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Progress is like power. We know it when we see it and most of the time it is created by processes that go unnoticed and are hard to document. I’ve long argued that power gets created by numerous processes, some obvious like voting and others far less obvious like public recognition. Latino scholars and performers have long criticized the dearth of Latino actors in movies, television, and theater.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; America is at a crossroads. Shall we be governed by people or by corporations?</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; If you thought we had already answered that question more than two centuries ago, you’re right. The framers of our Constitution were clear that we were to be a government of, for and by the people. They recognized that corporations were not people and that the Constitution did not guarantee corporations rights intended for people.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Newt Gingrich no es un político convencional. Fue una figura polarizante cuando presidió la Cámara Baja del Congreso.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; La esencia de su espíritu divisorio todavía lo acompaña en su meta de llegar a la máxima magistratura de la Casa Blanca. Solo lo abandonará cuando decida ponerle fin a su carrera política.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong> I read in your book that Mexico is due for a revolution about every 100 years or so. The last one was in the first part of the Twentieth Century and you said they are about ready for another one. Do you think the drug war presently being fought between the cartels and the Mexican government is actually just a revolution being funded by drug money? Some of the other analysts I work with think it is, and others think it’s not. Since you seem frank about all things Mexican, what do you think?</strong></p>

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