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...cost 1.65 pesos, the stall-keeper glibly blames la situation Rusa or la inundation de Florida. Unconvinced that the Russians or the Florida hurricane has any connection, the housewife calls for witnesses to behold how she is being robbed; she may shout the top-drawer insult hambreador (hunger-maker), wind up with a call for el paredón (wall used as a backstop for firing squads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Se | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

...things got rougher. When Government price control officials caved in to the pressure of soaring prices of imported grain and took ceilings off flour, bread prices promptly tripled. Mexico City bakery workers walked out. Bands of 20 to 25 men roamed the streets, smashed bakery windows, dumped bread, painted hambreador on store fronts; 250 of the city's 850 small bakeries were damaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Se | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

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