I usually enjoy reading San Diego Union columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. How many conservative Mexican-American journalists are there, after all? So I’m taking his advice to read former Mexico president Vicente Fox’s new book aimed at an American audience, Revolution of Hope:
"It is full of charming stories and insights into everything from Mexico’s fledgling democracy to its trade with Asia to its precarious relationship with the United States. It should be required reading for anyone who is curious about the effect Latin America will have on the United States for years to come…"
Most of the early reviewers at the book link disliked it. But there’s obviously more to the man whose statue recently was pulled down than most of us know. For instance, his paternal grandfather, Joseph, was an American who migrated to Mexico from Ohio in the 1890s. Chew on that tidbit for a while.
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