What Juarez Mexico has contributed to the world

 Juarez in education

La universidad de Juarez

Universidad_Autonoma_de_Ciudad_Juarez

 

The invention of the Burrito. According to this article in wikipedia

 

Juarez in Sports

Mantequila Napoles vive aqui!

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 Wikipedia article

 

Got started in Juarez

http://www.stayadventurous.com/2013/03/juarez-club-kentucky-margarita/

Famous people that got started in Juarez

http://www.whosdatedwho.com/sections/celebrities/place-of-birth/Ciudad+Juarez,+Chihuahua

 

Mentions of Juarez in Film

  • Conan the Destroyer (1984) Many scenes of the movie took place at Samalayuca Dune Fields, located at the south of Juárez.
  • The Day After Tomorrow (2004) shows American people crossing the Rio Grande to Mexico (Juarez).
  • Brokeback Mountain (2005) shows Jake Gyllenhaal’s character Jack Twist going to Mexico to see a male prostitute. The sign on the road reads “Juarez”.
  • The Virgin of Juarez (2006) examines the “Maquiladora Murders”.
  • Bordertown(2007), featuringJennifer Lopez and Martin Sheen, is about a reporter for the Chicago Sentinel who investigates a series of mysterious slayings involving young factory women. (The film was not actually filmed in Juárez.)
  • Backyard (2009), is about the Juarez’s missing women.

 

External links about Juarez

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1076628

https://sites.google.com/site/wishesforlinda/50-facts-about-juarez

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Juárez