What if Ciudad Juárez Has Already Sunk Us?

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I remember very well how in the late nineties many people spoke enthusiastically about the change of millennium. They said that the year 2000 would bring a new beginning, that everything would be different, that better times would come for Juarez. And when I say “better” I don’t mean utopias, or impossible fantasies. I mean the basics: decent streets, public lighting that works, decent transport, stable jobs and, above all, a safe city. I guess …