Oct 21st, 2008 · According to legend, it's been 65 years since the first nachos were served. Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya is credited with creating the snack food at a restaurant in Piedras Negras, Mexico, just across the border from Texas along the Rio Grande. As the story goes, some Americans stopped in the restaurant just when the chef had stepped out. Maitre d' Nacho Anaya threw together some chips and cheese, stuck them under the broiler and added a jalapeno. And nachos were served.
Keywords: Food · Americans · Mexico · Texas · celebration · restaurants · legend · chefs · maitre · tasty · Rio Grande · nacho
Dec 30th, 2007 · Victor Valdez, sings sad songs for tourists crossing the Rio Grande. Regardless of whether they give him tips, he persists, ankle-deep in water.
Keywords: songs · ankle · Serenade · tourists · Valdez · Rio Grande
Nov 23rd, 2007 · The tiny village of Boquillas, Mexico, used to rely on visitors who hiked across the Rio Grande from Big Bend National Park to drink warm cerveza and buy trinkets. But since the U.S. closed all "informal" border crossings, Boquillas began to wither and die.
Keywords: Town · Village · Mexico · survive · Rio · Trinkets · Rio Grande · cerveza · Big Bend National Park · Boquillas
Nov 10th, 2007 · Two of the guns owned by Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa are put up for auction in Texas. One was believed to be a gift commemorating Villa's capture of the Mexican state of Chihuahua in 1914. The other was dropped during a horseback shootout along the Rio Grande. Auction manager Tom Burks talks about the day's featured items.
Keywords: manager · Mexican · Texas · auction · 1914 · Revolutionary · Pancho · Rio Grande · Horseback · captures · Villa · Shootout
Jun 1st, 2006 · Robert Siegel visits the communities of Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuna in Coihuila, Mexico, to find out how the national debate on immigration plays at the border. The two towns straddle opposite sides of the Rio Grande -- and are linked by language, history and commerce.
Keywords: national · Robert Siegel · Town · immigration · Mexico · Texas · communities · history · language · Commerce · Rio Grande · Del Rio
Nov 22nd, 2005 · An obscure spot in New Mexico called Bosque Del Apache is where the world's largest concentration of sandhill cranes migrate every fall. The majestic and ancient birds form seas of blue along the Rio Grande. Writer Doug Fine watched some of this year's migration.
Keywords: Migrating · Birds · world · New Mexico · Sea · concentrations · ancient · majestic · cranes · sandhill · Bosque Del Apache · Rio Grande
Aug 8th, 2005 · Warring gangs in Nuevo Laredo, the Mexican city just across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, have been murdering people almost daily as they vie for control of drug smuggling routes. Madeleine Brand speaks with Alfredo Corchado of the Dallas Morning News about the escalating violence.
Keywords: Violence · Drugs · city · smuggling · Madeleine Brand · Mexican · Texas · escalate · Nuevo Laredo · Laredo · Dallas Morning News · Rio Grande
Jul 26th, 2005 · Violence between drug cartels is escalating in the Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo, directly across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas. Alex Chadwick discusses the situation with Dallas Morning News reporter Alfredo Corchado.
Keywords: Violence · Drugs · Town · Mexican · Texas · Alex Chadwick · escalate · Nuevo Laredo · Laredo · Dallas Morning News · cartel · Rio Grande
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