Word: chapa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Silva Herzog announced at a gathering of bankers in New York that Mexico would not be able to make scheduled payments, due over the following 90 days, of more than $3 billion. Weak oil prices had robbed the country of anticipated revenues and left it almost penniless. Says Jorge Chapa, co-owner of a large Mexican supermarket chain: "We were rich at $16 per bbl. of oil, and at $32 we were broke because we spent as if the price were already...
...remember driving down to Eugene from Portland with my track team buddies to see Salazar and teammate Rudy Chapa run. Salazar was usually the favorite, but he spent most of his races in the middle of the pack, surging only in the last lap or so to win. "Salazar, Salazar!" the Eugene' crowds would yell...