Horacio Duran

Green Truck. The very first time I crossed the border from Mexico  into the US, was in December 21 1977, this was not ordinary for me.  I had never been in Juarez, so  when I saw the crossing point at the " Puente Stanta Fe"   I thought, maybe I will be invisible.   I started to walk into the US from the right side, when I went over the hump , I started to panic,  I saw a way to move towards the left side, there was a lonely one person  caseta,   so as I walked toward that check point I begin to create in my mind all  the scenarios that could come up, like where was I going?  Or if I was a US citizen, lying doesnt come easy for me, so I thought "I'll tell the truth"  so all they willl do is turn me around and show me the way out.   As I approach the  "casetita"  I noticed that it was empty,  I looked to the right and all the officers were busy checking vehicles,  I simply kept on walking.   It was late, like passed 6 o'clock.   The sun had d

El poder de la palabra escrita, ha ido disminuyendo, primero se convirtio en periodicos, despues en revistas que cumplian un deber social. Las de nota roja, llevaban los ultimos reportes en crimenes. Los cuentos semanales llevaban historias de superheroes, o cuentos de grandes aventuras. La palabra pronunciada por radio y TV llego a su cumbre cuando depues del cine se convirtio en la forma mas poderosa de reprogramacion del pueblo. El pueblo, ese conjunto olvidado de personas trabajadoras cuyos impuestos y pagos por servicios que ni consumen, ayudan a subsistir una economia que se tambalea. El pueblo, si la gente comun, los que consumian ir al cine, los que compraban tvs y se pasaban los domingos viendo a Raul Velasco. Ese pueblo a despertado, ya no es el mismo, es un dragon. Una leyenda que esta a punto de convertirse en realidad, nos dice que El imperio Azteca se levantara despues de 500 años,(conquistada el 1521... sucedera el 2021?).. Cada vez que nos llama la atencion d

Most everyone in this country knows, or has a friend that knows a Mexican. Not all of them are landscapers, painters or otherwise, some are engineers, architects, teachers, doctors, etc. The problem is, there are only landscaping jobs for the undocumented migrant. It does not matter that in Spanish they are the most educated, and they also are the leaders that could make a difference in the world. Sure, if you say "why don't they try to better the country they come from..?" you are probably right asking this question. Unfortunately, for many immigrants from Mexico that was not the choice they had back there and back then. Let me expound on that. After the 50's the US send missionaries to Mexico. These missionaries established, sunday schools and churches and started to teach biblical lessons. These lessons were not the traditional theology that the mexicans knew, via the catholic church. These lessons were a different interpretation, by different theologians, Martin L