Word: favelas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Clovis, N. Mex., police picked up rumors last year that a frisky housewife had been entertaining juveniles at sex parties in her home. After an inquiry, a Curry County grand jury indicted Mrs. Ernestine Favela, 23, married, mother of two small children, on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a 15-year-old boy. But two weeks ago, a divided state appeals court threw out the indictment. Judge Ramon Lopez explained that delinquency was defined as conduct that would be criminal in an adult, and noted that New Mexico had eliminated criminal penalties for consensual sex between adults. Concurring...
...agents are impressed by the aggressive Mexican efforts, but they have also learned in Nepal, Turkey and Southeast Asia that peasants who have finally found a lucrative cash crop can be wily and aggressive. In Mexico the destruction of planted fields and the arrests of several overlords, including Jorge Favela-a local godfather who has been sought in half a dozen other countries for drug trading-have led to fierce internecine battles for control of the business. The favored weapons are M-1 American-made carbines, preferred in the mountains for their light weight and accuracy; lately gunmen have been...
...billion over the next three years for public works, notably the Transamazonian Highway, part of a 9,000-mile network that aims to open up the largely uninhabited interior. In the hardscrabble northeast, it is about to pour in $800 million to help attract industry. Rio's favelas, the infamous slums that once contained 950,000 of the city's residents, now house about 450,000; the last favela is scheduled for demolition within the next five years, and the favelados are being moved to cheap government-built housing far from the center of town. A government-sponsored...