Word: mexicans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...being overdrawn by wells at a rate of 5 ft. a year in places, driving entire counties out of irrigated agriculture. Meanwhile, farms and cities from Salt Lake City to San Diego are literally drinking dry the Colorado River, which now peters out, exhausted and polluted, in the Mexican desert, miles short...
...aware of how entrenched that system is. A former governor of the state of Michoacan, Cardenas with other top P.R.I. officials attempted in 1986 to democratize the party's method of selecting presidential candidates. When they failed, Cardenas accepted the nomination of the leftist Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution and has since forged an alliance with four left-wing parties. "P.R.I. underestimated Cardenas immensely," says Castaneda. "Now the more they antagonize him, the stronger he gets...
...moratorium on Mexico's foreign debt. This would serve to undermine the left, allow De la Madrid to leave office drenched in public applause, and give Salinas the funds to prime a stagnant economy. Yet just as the Spanish defeat of Hidalgo's revolt against the crown only postponed Mexican independence, such fiscal populism might only delay a more fundamental political reckoning...
...many single mothers, starting a company is a way out of poverty. Ninfa Maria Rodriguez Laurenzo, a widow, was looking for a way to support her three youngest children when she opened a tiny Mexican restaurant in Houston in 1973. In that business, she says, "I knew there would at least be food for my family." Last year Ninfa's, her chain of ten Texas restaurants, grossed $20 million...
...first Veterans' Convoy for Peace, the 38 vans, cars and pickup trucks started their journey from Maine, Ohio, Montana and Washington. Their mission: to deliver 25 tons of donated food, medical supplies and toys to relief agencies in Nicaragua. But as the vehicles tried to cross the Mexican border from Laredo, Texas, last week, U.S. Customs officials insisted that the convoy drivers pledge not to violate the Administration's trade embargo by leaving their vehicles in Nicaragua. The drivers refused, claiming Nicaragua needed the rolling stock to transport children to hospitals and crops to market. After an eight-day stalemate...