This Love Is Not for Cowards Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juï¿½rez

Name: This Love Is Not for Cowards Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juï¿½rez
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ISBN: 9781608197187

ISBN-10: 1608197182

ISBN-13: 9781608197187

Edition: 2013

Authors: Robert Andrew Powell

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More than ten people are murdered every day in Ciudad Juárez, a city about the size of Philadelphia. As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state-one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking-the border city of Juárez has been hit hardest of all. And yet, more than a million people still live there. They even love their impoverished city, proudly repeating its mantra: "Amor por Juárez."Nothing exemplifies the spirit and hope of Juarenses more than the Indios, the city's beloved but hard-luck soccer team. Sport may seem a meager distraction, but to many it's a lifeline. It drew charismatic…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 4/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Robert Andrew Powell is the author of This Love is Not for Cowards: Salvation and Soccer and Ciudad Juarez and We Own This Game , about race and football in Miami, where he lives.



Prologue


Introduction



Opportunity



Monterrey



More Than a Club



The Game



EK



Faith



Fear



The Devil



Fussion



Immigration



Paco



The Lottery



Amor



Lost



Exodus



The Dead Women



Good Sports



Chivas



Everything Must Go



Wedding



Politics (or, About Those Money-Laundering Allegations)



The Last Straw



Exodus: Part 2


Acknowledgments