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“‘Life is a Fight’: Scenes from a Migrant Tent Camp in Juárez”

2020-01-22 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider 4 comments

Here’s a great piece by local freelance photo-journalist Henry Carver about the recently destroyed migrant tent camps in Ciudad Juarez.

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Seis Banderas

2019-12-30 elrichiboy Juarez, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Water Parks Leave a comment

According to El Diario de Juarez, MountainStar Sports Group is trying to put a big theme park in Cd. Juarez’

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“An Intersection of Possibilities”

2019-12-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Juarez, New Mexico, population, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

From the people who brought you the Glass Beach Study. Here’s a nice video promoting El Paso, Las Cruces and

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El Hermano Mayor

2019-12-03 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez, News, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

This just in, from CNN: The Department of Homeland Security wants to be able to use facial-recognition technology to identify

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Instagramable

2019-08-12 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso, Juarez, Slider 2 comments

This is the newest hip marker in Juarez, on the east end of the pedestrian mall on dieciseis, a block

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The Storm That Swept Mexico

2019-04-27 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a cool two hour video that covers the history of Mexico, mostly the first half of the twentieth century.

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Teddy Roosevelt in Juarez

2019-03-29 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Slider One comment

Lookie what I found. Isn’t that our future 26th president enjoying a cigar as he plays roulette at the Monte

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More Bull****t

2019-03-06 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, What to Do 4 comments

Watch this video on YouTube Down below El Paso lies Juarez Mexico is different, like the travel folder says (Burt

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The Hippest Resto-bar in Town

2018-11-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, What to Do 2 comments

Maybe you’ll think you’re in Barcelona. After all, most of the rock is en español. Or maybe Mexico City. Or

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Toro Torito Torote

2018-09-20 elrichiboy Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

Tonight, Friday the 21st, in Juarez there’s another life-and-death barbaric spectacle taking place. Actually, several, probably. But I’m talking about

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Trump Takes Aim At Chiclets Vendors

2018-07-10 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Mexico, National Policy, News 4 comments

In order to level the playing field with ambulatory vendors on the bridge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has restricted the

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Que se descanse en paz

2018-07-02 elrichiboy Breaking News, Juarez, Media Leave a comment

If you only visit the English media here in El Paso, you might not know that there’s a city across

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I Knew Them When . . .

2018-06-18 elrichiboy Art, Juarez Leave a comment

I found the models for Cimi’s Segundo Barrio mural. I bet they don’t even know that they’re famous.

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Critical Mass, Anyone?

2018-04-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

On Thursday, April 19, a bunch of cyclists are taking over the streets of Juarez for the Día Mundial de

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Waiting Room

2018-04-04 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez 4 comments

I’m sitting in a waiting room at the Hospital de la Familia, one floor up and a hundred yards from

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Toro Toro Toro

2018-03-21 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, sports, What to Do Leave a comment

After a long hiatus, the bullfights are back in Juarez. April 7 features a slew of rejoneadores. Those rejoneadores are

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Cinépolis (and a Mall) in Downtown Juarez

2018-02-01 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do 8 comments

Have you been to Juarez lately? Don’t lie to me. You have not. If you’ve crossed the border at all,

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Battle for the Claw

2018-02-01 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico, World News Leave a comment

No, that’s not the new logo of the El Paso High School PTA. That’s the logo of the Gente Nueva

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The Other End of the Tunnel

2018-01-27 elrichiboy Juarez, Perspectives 4 comments

From the El Paso Times: The U.S. Border Patrol and other agencies are investigating a tunnel discovered Thursday after a

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Rellenos

2017-12-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Mexico Leave a comment

Despite Mexico’s reputation as a culinary destination, downtown Juarez lacks an abundance of great street food. Mostly the street food

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