barrio
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In that same barrio, Flores raised three children with her first husband, Walter Gavidia, a police detective.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
It was a tough start though as he left his family's home in a barrio in Colombia's second-largest city Medellin to pursue that dream.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024
She also made attempts to pass herself and her children off as Spanish or French as they moved from barrio to barrio, living what Mr. Belafonte would call an “underground life.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023
“Through Cruzito and the exemplification of Chicano art, I thought I could show how a chavalon from the barrio was just as talented as any of your mainstream artists,” explained Borrego.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023
But Juanita, who had lived in Macún all her life, could tell me about the secret places in the barrio that even our mothers didn’t know about.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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