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Aztlan/Mexico: "Forum on Binational Thought" to be held in Mexico City

Los Angeles, Alta California - April 8, 2004 - (ACN) The "Fundacion Solidaridad Mexicano Americana (FSMA)" will be sponsoring its "First Forum on Binational Thought" at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Mexico City on April 28th - 29th, 2004. The FSMA has national headquarters in both Mexico City and Washington D.C. and is comprised of high level Mexican government officials and the leadership of national Mexican-American organizations such as the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the American GI Forum (AGIF) and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC).

The FSMA counts on the full support of the Mexican Senate, the Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (Mexican Department of State), the Secretaria de Educacion Publica (Mexican Department of Education) as well as that of seven major corporations in Mexico that includes Grupo Televisa, Telefonos de Mexico, Grupo Bimbo, Conservas La Costeña, Gruma, Grupo Modelo, and Grupo Jumex. The organization was established in 1994 and is presently headed by one of its founders Graciela Orozco, an International Relations expert from the UNAM. Executive Director and CEO of FSMA Graciela Orozco has extensive experience in directing programs focused on Mexican-Americans on behalf of the Mexican presidency as well as on behalf of Mexico's Departments of State and of Education.

The "First Forum on Binational Thought" has great contemporary significance for the US/Mexico relationship. It come at a time when a growing number of Americans are becoming increasingly "paranoiac" about what some xenophobes are calling the "reconquest of the southwest" by Mexico. It comes at a time when these same American xenophobes are calling for the construction of higher and stronger "walls" along the US/Mexico border and for sending the US Armed Forces to take the place of the US Border Patrol.

The "Fundacion Solidaridad Mexicano Americana (FSMA)" works towards four major goals. They are: 1) To promote knowledge and understanding between Mexicans and the communities of Mexican origin in the United States, 2) To elevate the image of Mexico in the United States and the image of Mexican-Americans in Mexico, 3) To promote commerce between the two groups and collaborate in areas of mutual interest in order to further the development of both communities and 4) To maintain and disseminate the values of "la mexicanidad ".

Is there a common destiny? Is there a common destiny for Aztlan and Mexico? Will Mexico recover its lost territories? There is a Mexican-American activist that use to be a radio talk host that would broadcast in English, "Wake up and smell the refried beans!" and "We are reconquering Aztlan without firing a shot, house by house, block by block!" Y que?

H/T Michelle Malkin

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