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Today middle-class blacks, Hispanics and other minorities can and do move away from ghettos and deprived barrios.
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Where to find the best empanada in Buenos Aires is debatable, but start at Ña Serapia in the very walkable and scenic Palermo barrio.
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In Cupey, the biggest barrio in San Juan, her abuela, another Ana, would serve hundreds of schoolchildren.
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In barrios across Spain, small groups continued to meet on Saturday mornings in town squares, campaigning on local issues, organising to help families facing evictions, or struggling to feed themselves.
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Joining a war to save the British from the Germans was about as popular as a MAGA hat in a barrio.
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Carlos Tevez Adopted by his aunt and uncle, Carlos Tevez endured a difficult existence growing up in the Buenos Aires barrio of Fuerte Apache, a neighbourhood dominated by violence and crime.
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That includes the decision to move 205 polling stations from neighborhoods where the opposition has up to 70% support to mostly poor, faraway barrios.
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Loaded and ready, two vans head off to Melilla, a nearby barrio in Loiza where local volunteers have heard stories of need.
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Origin and Etymology of barrio
First Known Use: 1833
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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