Word: paso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...side of the blurry line stands an economic superpower, on the other a nation burdened with widespread poverty. "This is the only place I know where you can jump from the First World to the Third World in five minutes," says Julio Chiu, a bank executive in El Paso who grew up in Juarez...
...miles -- from the Pacific Ocean, across the rugged coastal mountains, the hot sands of the Sonoran Desert, the high plains near El Paso and finally the verdant citrus fields that end at the Gulf of Mexico -- the largely unmarked frontier is as much a link between the U.S. and Mexico as a barrier. The movement across the boundary is massive. Each year there are hundreds of millions of legal crossings. In addition, 1,056,907 undocumented aliens were seized along the border in 1984, almost a 50% increase over ten years ago, and authorities cannot even estimate the number...
...cross-pollination creates a lively cultural blend. In Juarez, a popular hangout is the Kentucky Club, where mostly Mexican patrons select from such jukebox favorites as Duke Ellington and Julio Iglesias. Across the river in El Paso, Mexican teenagers from Juarez buy heavy metal rock LPs from Star Records, a music shop, since such disks are scarce in their city...
...White's, while a marimba-and-drum combo plays local salsa-flavored music. Young women from Matamoros cross into Brownsville daily to attend Texas Southmost College. They party on the U.S. side in blue jeans and T shirts, on their home turf in cocktail dresses. Affluent Americans in El Paso drink margaritas and munch tamale and chili canapes at black-tie affairs. When they visit friends in Juarez, their parties start earlier and linger long into the night...
...industrial park in Mexicali. "It's interesting when we get together. Those from the U.S. speak almost no Spanish, those from Mexicali speak so-so Spanish, while those from Mexico City speak very good Spanish." Cathy Hernandez, 29, was born in Juarez but went through high school in El Paso. She is an international banking officer at the First City National Bank of El Paso. Her husband Javier, 32, works as a supervisor at a racetrack in Juarez and speaks little English. They live in El Paso, and she became a U.S. citizen four years ago. She enjoys the international...