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“8 Hours in Juarez”

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Report From Juarez

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I am an accidental witness to recent turmoil in Juarez. Last Wednesday I walked into a riot. I was looking

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A Cruel Joke

2023-02-14 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

Mexico has come out with some new banknotes. The 500 peso note is blue. It has a picture of Benito

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Tobacco in Mexico

2023-01-18 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

Here’s one you didn’t see coming. From the New York Daily News: Mexico now bans smoking in hotels, beaches, parks

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The Three Mummies: A New Year’s Ode to Ghost Voices

2023-01-01 Kent Paterson Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson They stand on an El Paso street like the shadowy, eerie artifacts of a forgotten ancient civilization.

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The 1930 Running of the Cerveza

2022-12-22 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider 3 comments

by Bob Chessey A Tale of Pacing and Endurance Summer’s end in 1930 was proving to be a tough time

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Venezuela on the Rio Grande

2022-10-31 Kent Paterson Immigration, International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Migration, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson Standing tall and stoic, Albert Silva gazed at the barbed wire topping the fence on the U.S.

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Juarez Loses a Defender of the People

2022-10-03 Vanessa Johnson History, Juarez, Slider One comment

by Vanessa Johnson Beto Dominguez Rodriguez passed away on September 16, 2022, at 4 p.m., surrounded by his loved ones,

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Ciudad Juárez: Haitians in Limbo

2022-09-20 Kent Paterson Immigration, Juarez, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson With his wife and small child seated nearby, Noel mused about the family’s round-about journey to the

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Ballad of a Corrido, Part One

2022-09-15 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

Gabriel Jara and Tom Threepersons’ Border Shootout. by Bob Chessey On the summer evening of Saturday, June 14, 1924, two

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The Border Wager: Santa Teresa’s Pot of Gold

2022-08-10 Kent Paterson Immigration, International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Slider 4 comments

By Kent Paterson In the annals of border history, U.S.-Mexico relations and global commerce, Ciudad Juárez has often played a

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Rent a Bullring

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Are you looking for a place to host your next bullfight? The banner on the Alberto Balderas Plaza de Toros

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Juarez Walking Tour on The Royal Tour

2022-06-20 elrichiboy Juarez 3 comments

From the TheRoyalTourBlog.com: “Call me as soon as you’re back across the border,” said my mother. “Text me every hour,”

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“Ciclovías de Ciudad Juárez ¿Que tan funcional son?”

2022-06-14 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment
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Expo-Subasta for Edificio de los Sueños

2022-05-18 elrichiboy Juarez One comment

Downtown Juarez is experiencing a renaissance and it’s not all financed by tax credits and municipal largess for Juarez’ richest

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Adios, Club Quince

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Reliable sources claim that the venerable Club Quince, the boutique bar under the Juan Gabriel mural in downtown Juarez, will

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Capitalism In Action

2022-03-25 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Migration, Slider One comment

Walking across the Santa Fe Street bridge in the old days, like pre-pandemic, sometimes you’d have to stop to let

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El Ojo del Chuco

2022-03-15 elrichiboy History, Juarez 2 comments

This isn’t my first blog. If you’d asked me yesterday, I would have said it is, but today I stumbled

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<3 Juárez

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Desde ‘el corazón’ de Juárez van por el derecho a la cultura

2021-12-29 elrichiboy Juarez, Video Leave a comment
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