• especially after the Spanish Civil War, the word was incorporated as "estraperlo" into the Spanish language, and into the Catalan language, with the meaning...
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    the Es Lladó area. By the mid 20th century, the islet was often used by estraperlo smugglers for their illegal activities. Between 1960 and 1975 the lighthouses...
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    Cornellà de Llobregat Auditori Miquel Martí i Pol, in Sant Joan Despí Estraperlo (Club del Ritme), in Badalona Círcol Catòlic, in Badalona Foment Cultural...
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  • point it began a new phase. In 1935 he gave great media coverage to the "estraperlo" affair, exploiting that political scandal. The newspaper began to defend...
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    rigged version of roulette game, which came to be called Straperlo or Estraperlo. The game had previously been banned in the Netherlands, but a Spanish...
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    imprisoned. The end of the period was affected by a corruption scandal (the "estraperlo" fraud) which caused parliamentary difficulties for Lerroux's party, causing...
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    regulated market (and the rationing cards), of a black market, known as "estraperlo", to which products were sent because they fetched higher prices. The...
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  • Águila stores, Julio Muñoz Ramonet, known in the underworld as El Rey del Estraperlo. Juan Martínez Penas, a Galician businessman and owner of the Teatre Tívoli...
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    (NY-USA). ISBN 978-0393064766. Arco Blanco, Miguel Ángel del (2010). "El estraperlo: pieza clave en la estabilización del régimen franquista". Historia del...
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    of goods, is why Franco Fernández has referred to him as the rey del estraperlo local. Starting in 1939, Fricke was able to resume his advocacy for education...
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