[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 27 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN HONOR OF ALEX ANTON'S AND ROGER E. HERNANDEZ'S PUBLICATION, CUBANS 
                               IN AMERICA

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 12, 2003

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the publication of 
Cubans in America: A Vibrant History of a People in Exile, by Roger E. 
Hernandez, and Alex Anton. A documentary of four centuries of Cubans 
living and thriving in America, the book follows the history of Cubans 
in America from the 16th century, with the settlement of St. Augustine, 
to the present day.
  Mr. Roger E. Hernandez, a nationally syndicated columnist writing on 
Hispanic-American issues, along with Alex Anton, published Cubans in 
America in May of 2002.
  Mr. Hernandez writes for a weekly op-ed column distributed by King 
Features Syndicate to some 40 daily newspapers across the nation. He 
also writes articles for other newspapers and magazines, is a frequent 
guest on televisions and radio political talk shows, travels the 
country delivering lectures, and wrote several books that make up part 
of a series about South America for 4th through 6th grade students.
  Mr. Hernandez left Cuba with his parents at the age of nine. He 
quickly established himself in the United States and earned a BA in 
Journalism at Rutgers University in 1977. Currently, he lives with his 
wife and two children in Boonton, New Jersey.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Roger E. Hernandez 
and Alex Anton for the publication of Cubans in America: A Vibrant 
History of a People in Exile. I commend these authors for celebrating 
the importance and influence of Cubans in our Nation.

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