{"id":9915,"date":"2022-07-11T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romeropineda.com\/?p=9915"},"modified":"2022-07-11T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:00:04","slug":"adios-tango-tango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romeropineda.com\/en\/adios-tango-tango\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Tango Tango!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By: Dr. Roberto Romero Pineda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After marrying Dr. Virginia Mena (Vicky), we moved to the house located at Third Street Poniente number 5255 in Colonia Escal\u00f3n; and very soon we met Romeo L\u00f3pez Mej\u00eda and his wife Lilian Barb\u00f3n, whom he affectionately called \u201cMy porous patch\u201d who lived precisely at Quinta Calle Poniente number 5245, with their children, Nelson, Enrique, Geraldina, Mar\u00eda Cecilia and Lourdes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We became very good friends; Vicky and Lilian formed a great alliance, because they were both \u201ca little jealous\u201d, with such a degree of excellence that the German Gestapo and the FBI were left pale by their investigative capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our friendship increased when, as the undersigned president of the San Salvador Noroeste Rotary Club, I invited Romeo to be a member of the Club; The two couples traveled to various events, and little by little I learned their story. In his youth, Romeo decided to go live in the United States of America, as he had many friends in San Francisco, California. At the outbreak of World War II he enlisted in the US Army, but when he underwent the medical examination, he did not pass because he had \u201cflat feet\u201d, but because he knew Spanish he was assigned as a translator in Military Intelligence. The war ended, but his adventurous spirit led him to enlist in the Merchant Marine (Navy) and he visited many countries; He called that chapter of his life \u201csteamy\u201d and one of his prized trophies was having met girls of 64 nationalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once upon returning from vacation, his brother told him that a startup company called DIDEA had given him a job interview, but that he couldn&#039;t go, and he asked Romeo to come replace him, that&#039;s when he met Don. 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Romeo also had another notebook to write down the names of the cheros who had come before him in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you said: \u201cAh those times\u201d; I will always remember you and I think that this is the time that you already cracked a couple of jokes to Saint Peter and you have him written down in your notebook as one of your new friends; With that confidence and charisma that characterized you, you can surely ask him to lend you his heavenly mariachis, so that they can sing again to \u201cyour porous parchito\u201d the beloved song of the great Mexican composer Agust\u00edn Lara, \u201cOnly once\u201d\u2026See you forever! 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