Word: revolucion
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...poor on both sides are united by a struggle just to survive what most Americans can barely imagine. Mothers in the rural El Paso outpost of Revolucion cross into Juarez to buy methyl parathion, a pesticide so lethal it is banned in the U.S. They sprinkle it around their shanties, and it kills the roaches and tarantulas for a year. But their children play in the dust and dirt, and when they get sick, their parents take them to Juarez doctors, who are cheaper and stay open into the night. If the children die, they are buried across the border...
...another typical Saturday night. A few blocks farther down Revolucion Avenue from the jock-rock clubs, several hundred young hipsters--mostly locals but with a few gringos mixed in--crowd the anteroom of Tijuana's grand old Jai Alai Palace for a nortec party. Ramon Amezcua signs a few autographs and nods his head rhythmically to the distinctive, trippy sounds of Hiporboreal. Pepe Mogt is stationed behind the soundboard, checking levels and thinking about how he will close the show with a DJ set. Nortec has made Pepe a successful man. He recently quit his $12-an-hour...
...typical Saturday night, thousands of American teenagers flood Tijuana's Revolucion Avenue in search of the kind of fun they can't find at home. The legal drinking age here is 18, not that anyone bothers to check. There are hookers. And drugs. And there's a rumor that if you know the right people, a particularly exotic combination of both can be arranged without too much of a hassle. When the sun goes down, the crowds thicken outside the 80-odd cantinas along the avenue, and pulsing jock-rock mingles with the aroma of stale beer and fresh vomit...