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...every Mexican politician is styling himself after Fox. But of the five who turned up for the debate away from home in L.A. last month, three had made their fortunes in the U.S. before returning to Jerez to begin political careers. Andres Bermudez, 50, vowed that "from now on, government has to do better." Bermudez, the center-left Democratic Revolutionary Party candidate, knows a thing or two about self-improvement. He entered Los Angeles in 1974 hidden in a car trunk, then went on to start greenhouse and orchard businesses that now employ 800 workers--nearly all Mexicans...
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...Americans at least six years sooner than expected. Where that's happening is turning out to be as surprising as how fast. Of the congressional districts that saw the biggest increases in their Latino populations over the past decade, not a single one is in a state along the Mexican border. Rural areas saw huge growth in Hispanic populations, but so did cities and suburbs. By the end of this year, four of the eight largest U.S. cities may have Hispanic mayors. "It's the only part of the electorate that's growing," says Antonio Gonzalez, president of the Southwest...
George W. Bush, for his part, intends to stay ahead of the curve. The day before Cinco de Mayo, he invited 200 guests to the South Lawn for mariachi music and Mexican food. "Mi Casa Blanca," he declared, "es su Casa Blanca...
...have the most satisfying job in Juarez," says Arturo Chavez. He drives what the locals call a pipa, or water pipe. For poor Mexican neighborhoods like Anapra, a desert slum of 5,000 families with no water or sewer lines, tanker trucks like Chavez's are the only source of water clean enough for drinking and bathing. So when pipa No. 415 pulls up over the dunes, it's a community event: families emerge from their shanties as if to greet a rich uncle bearing gifts. Chavez pumps 500 gal. of free water into concrete cubes called pilas, which...