topo n.— «In addition, help was offered by a search-and-rescue group called “topos”—which translates as “moles”—organized by youths who dug through collapsed buildings after Mexico City’s 1985 earthquake...
shotgunning n.— «Law enforcement sources said the cartels haul drug shipments of several tons to desert staging posts south of the California border, where they are broken down into smaller loads to hurl at busy border posts in a...
Simi-socialism n.— «Then he went independent with Farmacias Similares, eliminating the government middle man by sell medicines directly to consumers. He calls it “Simi-socialism,” which he defines as “an economic...
Amexica n.— «Publicidad Amexica, Avenida Balderas 96, Mexico City, has been formed to act as exclusive associate of Export Advertising Agency, Inc. » —“Advertising News” New York Times Oct. 20, 1945. (source: Double...
Mexico City policy n.— «The White House told committee members that Bush “does not support Senate passage” of the bill “in its current form because it includes provisions that would overturn the Administration’s family...
descanso n.— «[Kathleen] McRee and oral historian Troy Fernandez, both Santa Feans, have spent years researching, photographing and interviewing people about the roadside crosses known variously around New Mexico as descansos, crucitas or...