Word: mexicanized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stoops, it's true. The windows are shut tight against a cold which seems even harsher compared to the tropical warmth of Havana and San Juan. But though forced inside by an inhospitable climate, the music will not be imprisoned. The salsa sound of Puerto Rico, or perhaps a Mexican ballad, filters faintly out to the street, signalling to the passerby that he walks in the heart of Cambridge's Hispanic neighborhood...
...oversupply has been caused primarily by the arrival of oil on the market from new North Sea, Alaskan and Mexican wells. Those three areas are now producing an estimated 2 million bbl. per day?precisely the amount of the current surplus. Oil Minister Mani Said Utaiba of the United Arab Emirates admitted at the conference: "We can't talk about increasing prices because there are too many barrels of oil every day in the market. If we increase the price, we won't be able to sell...
Washington officials correctly point out that so far this year the 'trade weighted" value of the dollar has dropped only about 2% on average against 15 foreign currencies. Major reason: the greenback has been going up against the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso, the currencies of two of the most important U.S. trading partners. Some economists also argue that the fall of the dollar should help to shrink the U.S. trade deficit by making U.S. exports cheaper and imports more expensive...
...Americans are eager to be sprung from Mexican jails. Twenty percent of those eligible for transfer have chosen not to serve out their time in U.S. prisons. Reason: in spite of the corruption, Mexican prisons are less regimented than penitentiaries north of the border. Inmates are allowed to wear their own clothes, prepare their own food and enjoy conjugal visits from wives or girlfriends...
...mandatory release, about 60 of the transfers are expected to be released soon. Local parole boards are likely to review the cases and release others who have already spent years in Mexico. Still other prisoners are planning to seek their release on writs of habeas corpus, contending that Mexican courts do not have the authority to imprison anyone in the U.S. Some are even expected to appeal on grounds that the U.S.-Mexican treaty forced them to waive their constitutional rights of due process when they pledged not to contest their convictions in U.S. courts. One big problem: if such...