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"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."

- Helen Keller

“The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights -- that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system.”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

A lie cannot live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

- Winston Churchill 

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.


- Mohandas Gandhi 

 

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt

Everything you can imagine is real.


- Pablo Picasso 

It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act.

- Dalai Lama

All great achievements require time.


- Maya Angelou

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.


  - Miguel de Cervantes 

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
 

- Ronald Reagan 

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

- Barbara Tuchman 

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About Espuelas


 

 

Fernando Espuelas is focused on empowering and connecting people through media, technology and information. Recognized as one of the Internet's pioneers by international media and academic institutions, Espuelas has been at the forefront of online communities and the social networks that they have fostered.

Espuelas is the host and managing editor of Café Espuelas, a talkshow broadcast live Monday through Friday on 1020 AM, the number 1 rated Spanish language AM  radio station in Los Angeles and part of the Univision Radio Network, and online at espuelas.com. 

To listen to the show live (3-6pm PST) via streaming, click here.  For a video of the program, click here. 

Espuelas is a frequent political analyst on television and radio newscasts, as well as online. To read on example of Espuelas' commentary on CNN.com, click here.

Espuelas is also Chairman and CEO of Voxgente, LLC a multi-platform media company that develops and distributes content for the Latino market.

Espuelas founded and was Chairman and CEO of StarMedia, a pioneering multi-platform media company for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking audiences worldwide. At StarMedia, he built the first online network to transcend national barriers, becoming the first and most recognized pan-Latin new media brand in Latin America and the United States, eventually serving over 25 million people per month.

Initially using only his personal credit card to start the company, Espuelas went on to raise $500 million dollars for StarMedia in a combination of private and public offerings, including raising the first dollar of venture funding and the first IPO for a Latin Internet company.

The rise of the company was chronicled in the Harvard University Business School case called StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution. StarMedia's market capitalization reached $3.8 billion dollars and is today France Telecom's market leading Internet operation in the Spanish-speaking world.

Espuelas' leadership role in the development of the consumer Internet earned him worldwide recognition. Time magazine and CNN named him one of the “Leaders of the Millennium”, while Crain's New York Business magazine gave him its "All-Star" business leader award. Espuelas was also a recipient of Latin Trade Magazine's Bravo award for Internet CEO of the Year.

Espuelas has been ranked on the power lists of several major media including: CNN, Time, The Hollywood Reporter, The Industry Standard, Latino Leaders Magazine, Red Herring Magazine, Silicon Alley Reporter, Hispanic Business Magazine, Upside Magazine, Hispanic Magazine, LatinVision and others.

The World Economic Forum chose him as a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" in 2000. In 2007, he became a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. Espuelas was also named "Immigrant of the Day" by Immigration Daily in 2008. And in 2009, the U.S. Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) included Espuelas in its HITEC 100, the list of "Most Influential Hispanics and Rising Stars in Information Technology".

 

As the Founder and CEO of VOY, Espuelas created a digital media company that attracted millions of users as the place to find, share and enjoy the best of Latin entertainment and culture while meeting new people. A pioneer in English-language media for Latinos, Forrester Research's study "Hispanic Social Computing Takes Off", published in June of 2007, ranked VOY's portals as the leading Latin pure-play social network in the United States.

In 2005, VOY released the film Favela Rising to international acclaim. Telling the story of one man's iconic victory over poverty and violence, it went on to win more than 25 international festival awards and was short-listed for an Oscar nomination. It has been widely seen in theaters and thousands of schools and civic centers around the world. On U.S. television, Favela Rising premiered on HBO/Cinemax and released on DVD.

Prior to founding StarMedia Network, Espuelas was the Managing Director of Marketing Communications for AT&T Latin America and the Caribbean where he was responsible for conceiving and launching AT&T's first online service in Latin America. Before AT&T, Espuelas held various senior positions at Ogilvy & Mather in both the United States and Latin America. Espuelas also held positions at advertising agencies Lowe & Partners and Young & Rubicams' Wunderman Worldwide. He is the author of the auto-biographicalbook Life in Action, published by Penguin in 2004.

Espuelas has also been active in community development. Espuelas co-founded and was Chairman of the StarMedia Foundation, which, with an alliance with the Inter-American Development Bank, helped fund and built over 150 technology schools in the poorest neighborhoods of Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay. He has also served on the corporate board of The Educational Broadcasting Corporation (the owner of PBS flagship Thirteen and Channel 21 in New York), as well as on the Board of Trustees of Connecticut College.

Espuelas received a B.A. in History with Distinction from Connecticut College.

For a video biography of Espuelas, click here. And for additional information, Wikipedia has many details about his life and links to other resources.

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