Word: chaparro
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bought a shoeshine box, and went to the patio of the National Palace to earn his living. He remained silent and bitter as he bent his head over the shoes of ministers, generals, Supreme Court justices. But one day President Alvaro Obregon slapped him on the back, called him Chaparro (Shorty) and invited him to his office to shine his shoes. Genaro came out with shining eyes-he was the President's bootblack...