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El Monte , city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, chemicals, and plastic and metal products. The population has increased by more than 40% since the 1970s, diminishing the walnut groves the city is known for. El Monte was founded in 1852 by westward-bound pioneers on the Santa Fe Trail .

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El Monte, Chile, USA ‘The Mountain’ in Spanish.

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	Landscape shifting as big lots make way for multiple homes.(Spotlight On El Monte) Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 12/1/2003
	City housing: The city is turning a 2.5-acre industrial lot into South El Monte Villas.(SAN GABRIEL VALLEY: South El Monte)(Brief article) Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 3/17/2008
	Apenas descubierta en 10%, la zona de Monte Albán está copada por la expansión urbana y el turismo.(México)(TT: With just 10 percent excavated, Monte Alban archeological zone is being lost to tourism and urbanization.)(TA: Mexico) Magazine article from: Proceso; 7/23/2000

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	Apenas descubierta en 10%, la zona de Monte Albán está copada por la expansión urbana y el turismo.(México)(TT: With just 10 percent excavated, Monte Alban archeological zone is being lost to tourism and urbanization.)(TA: Mexico) Magazine article from: Proceso; 7/23/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...precisamente, Comisión para el Rescate de Monte Albán. A unos días...realizado la Segunda Mesa Redonda de Monte Albán, el promotor cultural y especialista...243;n de la Comisión para el Rescate de Monte Albán, organismo interinstitucional... Read more
	Landscape shifting as big lots make way for multiple homes.(Spotlight On El Monte) Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 12/1/2003; ; 607 words ; OLD El Monte and its latest incarnation can be found...Instead of the spacious back yards that recall El Monte's roots as a farming town, the new homes...larger ones with little yard space. 'Old El Monte was shaped by the Great Depression, which... Read more
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	El Patronato del Monte de Piedad pretende privatizarlo y desmantelar al sindicato. (trabajadores denuncian mala administración de esta institución en México)(TT: The Board of National Pawn Shop plans to privatize and dismantle the trade union) (TA: workers make accusations of bad administration by this institution in Mexico) Magazine article from: Proceso; 1/5/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...spera de que estalle la huelga en el Nacional Monte de Piedad, los trabajadores acusan...Lizama nada tiene qué ver en el Nacional Monte de Piedad, pero como presidente...valuadores refieren en su denuncia que el Nacional Monte de Piedad, antes de caer en manos... Read more
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	Carlo del Monte, el tenor hispano-mexicano que cantó con la Callas.(María Callas, cantante de ópera)(TT: Carlo del Monte, Spanish-Mexican tenor who sang with Callas.)(TA: Maria Callas, opera singer)(Columna) Magazine article from: Contenido; 4/1/1999; ; 480 words ; ...la regadera asumió el nombre artístico de Carlo del Monte. Originario de un pueblecito...n. Posteriormente Del Monte cantó en el Carnegie Hall de Nueva...de esa década, Del Monte se vio forzado a dejar el canto para dedicarse a... Read more
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	Revancha. (Claroscuro).(proceso judicial del banquero Carlos Cabal Peniche contra el gobierno mexicano por la venta de la empres Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.)(TT: Revenge. (Chiaroscuro).)(TA: lawsuit of banker Carlos Cabal Peniche against Mexican government for sale of expropriated company Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.)(Artículo Breve)(Columna) Magazine article from: Proceso; 9/29/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...243;n al país, el exbanquero Carlos...Peniche planeó en el intermedio su venganza...multinacional Fresh Del Monte Produce. La firma...insolventes. Según el cálculo del que...Gortari, Fresh Del Monte Produce está...posibilidad de extender el negocio a ... Read more
	En rebeldía contra el gobierno del DF, 286 instituciones de asistencia privada, encabezadas por el Monte de Piedad.(TT: In revolt against government of Mexico City, 286 institutions of deprived attendance, headed by Pawn Shop.) Magazine article from: Proceso; 3/14/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...AMIAP), apoyada en el principal organismo del sector, el Nacional Monte de Piedad (NMP), desaf...millones de pesos. En el oficio PJPA/07/99, Ainslie recuerda que el Monte durante dos meses...que nos reservamos el derecho de actuar...Patronato del Nacional Monte de ... Read more
	Homeward bound: breadmaking machine company chooses to stay in El Monte.(job growth, business environment, economic development)(Lawrence Equipment Inc.) Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 3/13/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...of Lawrence Equipment Inc., a South El Monte manufacturer of tortilla, pizza dough...square-foot factory straddled the El Monte border, requiring the two cities to...California. recalled the 69-year-old El Monte native with a frown. But damn, to... Read more