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Say what you will about my people (i.e. The Mexicans) but they’re just always striving for a better country –and planet.
Take the latest narcotunnel, found on the U.S.-Mexico border, which not only features awesome ventilation and lighting, but works with –wait for it– solar energy.
Mexicans: How can anyone not like us?
Dispatch from Guanatos: Óscar Gutierrez
From the always-popular section Mexicans: How can anyone not like us? comes the world’s cutest sign ever, spotted by a Reddit user somewhere in Mexico, home of some of the most surreal (i.e. wondrous stuff I’ve ever seen.)
Still not sure Mexico is, like, the funnest place on Earth? Check out some of the following links:
… and/or just do me a favor and keep clicking on this blog every now and then will ya? I guarantee tons of diversión.
Photo via Reddit
I’m sure at this point you’re well aware of Mexico’s Scandinavian-looking talent, the ones that get all the TV gigs and –unsurprisingly– hail from FRFs (Filthy Rich Families.)
Add one more to the list, as Netflix this week will premiere Made in Mexico, its first reality series about, well, rich, white Mexicans.
Produced by a non-Mexican production company (Love Productions USA,) Made in Mexico seeks to “cast a light on Mexico City’s wealthy families and their opulent lifestyles as it trails nine socialites.”
Made in Mexico debuts September 28 in all territories where Netflix is available and this blogger will be watching –of course.
Via: CNET en Español
Move over, Amazon’s Deluxe Yoga Mat… here comes the Michael Kors jerga-inspired sweater, making its debut this week at New York’s Fashion Week.
You might think this is, like, wow, but if you happen to be Mexican, chances are you’ve either worn one of these or saw it at your local tianguis for about… 10 pesitos.
The only good news is that Mexican Twitter isn’t having any of this:
– Nueva colección @MichaelKors que probablemente cuesta miles de pesos…
– Sudadera que compré en el mercado de Coyoacán hace dos años por $200.00 pesos.
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Por esto y muchas cosas más odio la industria de la Moda. 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/q20kRXlAl2— Santiago PerezGrovas (@santiagopgm) 13 de septiembre de 2018
If you are not Hispanic or –like me– are not a fan of rap, chances are you have never heard of Chingo Bling, but he has a new single out and it has the best title ever. They Can’t Deport Us All features a comedic take on the always exciting Migra vs. Mexicans action at the border. (According to several press reports, there are people who were not pleased by the name of this album, but what are you going to do?)
The lyrics are also funny –and racy– as hell. Take a listen and remember: They Can’t Deport Us All.
Chicken BBQ –presumably.
Via: Reddit
This is what happened. On Wednesday morning, Sweden beat Mexico 3-0, but Mexico managed to advance to the next round of the 2018 World Cup because Germany was eliminated after falling 2-0 to South Korea on the same day.
This, of course, made it for a massive Mexican-Korean party worldwide that I’m sure will last all day long –and probably will go on for the long weekend and until the next Mexico game (Monday, July 2.)
As soon as the news of the German defeat broke, Mexicans in the stadium started to chant and hug each other even when their team was losing 3-0 to Sweden and was clear it will never recover. Chilangos in Mexico City, meanwhile, took to the streets and marched all the way to the South Korean embassy to thank Koreans for “their service” in the most awesome way; singing the popular Cielito Lindo, bringing gifts to the Korean Ambassador and lifting random Koreans in arms and cheering them on. ¡Hermano, coreano, ya eres mexicano!
Similar scenes were recorded everywhere, from New York to Moscow and from Los Angeles to Seoul.
There’s a ton happening right now, but CLICK ON the following slideshow to see only a few of the best memes regarding our new hermanos coreanos.
¡Viva Corea, Cabrones!
Mexico claimed their second win of the World Cup as they beat Korea on Saturday. Carlos Vela and Javier Hernández (aka Chicharito) put the goals that made an entire nation sing El Cielito Lindo in tandem. There were, of course, tons of Twitter reactions from my favorite tuiteros mexicanos. Here are some of my faves (though I’ll be updating this through the day.)
Cómprate un libro… pic.twitter.com/8h0DkadCnk
— Vampipe (@vampipe) 23 de junio de 2018
Ha llegado a tu TL el Santísimo Paco Memo compártelo para que sigamos en cero 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/xyqsGUujTC
— Risco (@jrisco) 23 de junio de 2018
🚨 KICK-OFF!! #KORMEX is underway! 🚨
¡¡VAMOS MÉXICO!! ❤ ⚽ 👏🏻#NadaNosDetiene | #WorldCup | #MEX pic.twitter.com/FzmsBPPjCs
— Mexican National Team (@miseleccionmxEN) 23 de junio de 2018
bamos megico pic.twitter.com/Gvw2KTpcXL
— firulais (@dogsreaction) 23 de junio de 2018
Hubo un error en la Matrix y el Estadio Azteca se metió al Rostov Arena… #MexicoVsCorea pic.twitter.com/Wv08jXMRTk
— Sopitas (@sopitas) 23 de junio de 2018
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Ya me dio sed de tanto gritar los goles… de esa sed de la mala. pic.twitter.com/tcfo3HkJ4P
— Vampipe (@vampipe) 23 de junio de 2018
The Mexican government has –finally– confirmed what this blogger has been hammering for, like, ages: The darker a person’s skin, the more difficult it is to get ahead in Mexico.
A study commissioned by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) concluded that skin color “has an influence on the level of education that people reach as well as the employment opportunities available to them.”
And that is not all. A previous study by Mexico’s National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED), also showed that a whopping 20 percent of Mexicans’ “don’t feel comfortable with the color of their skin and many feel they had been discriminated against because of their physical appearance, mainly for being dark-skinned.
“Discrimination against people of brown complexion has been normalized for a very long time,” Evelia Reyes, a social and cultural history educator at the College of Mexico, told Mexico’s Animal Político.
You don’t say.
I’m no social worker or history educator and know almost nothing about research. But I’ve been watching Mexican television long enough to have an idea or two of where this whole “normalization” comes from.
Oh, and if you want to be further depressed, WATCH the video below. SIGH.
Via: El Universal
Mexico hasn’t even played its first match in Russia 2018, but Mexicans are already sporting their Mexico 2026 flag, because we might never make it to the fifth match, but ¡Viva México, cabrones!
Oh, and BTW. How can anyone NOT like us?
How can anyone not like us? 🇲🇽 #Rusia2018 pic.twitter.com/xIUXP2GZCi
— Laura Martínez ®️ (@miblogestublog) 14 de junio de 2018
Via: Reddit Mexico
I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried.
As the world preps for the biggest Latin party in the whole wide world (i.e. the World Cup) Mexican lingerie brand Vicky Form has come with an awesome idea to make us, ladies, enjoy the Cup like our HOMBRES!
But how? I’m glad you asked. I give you the world’s first ever vibrating panty, one that can be yours for only $999 pesitos and will vibrate to make you and your partner … come, I guess, during the entire tournament. Here’s the promise:
Until today women have not shared with their partners the passion with which they enjoy the soccer matches. That’s why we developed Feel the Game (Siente el Juego) the first smart panty that is synchronized with the games to transform the intensity of the plays in vibrations.
Go look for yourself. Log onto www.SienteElJuego.com and, well, happy orgasming!
Conoce la forma más sensual de celebrar un gol. Entra a https://t.co/j6hFEozjNA y conoce más. ¿Y tú con quién compartirás la pasión del juego? 😏 pic.twitter.com/7XYM0Eb2dt
— Vicky Form Oficial (@VickyForm_mx) 12 de junio de 2018
You know Singapore has a very special place in my heart, and just as I purchased my ticket to attend a historic high-school reunion this summer, another “seemingly important” reunion is taking place next week: A summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, or as this blogger likes to call it: A meeting between two loquitos with huge egos.
Unsurprisingly, the upcoming reunion (theirs, not mine) is already shaping up to be a very loco experience.
Take Singapore’s Mexican restaurant Lucha Loco, which is promising to “make tacos great again” by selling specialty tacos called “El Gringo” and “El Hombre Cohete” (Rocket Man.) “The former has the flavors of an American cheeseburger, while the latter is packed with Korean fried chicken,” executive chef Nelson Burgos told The Associated Press.
If a Korean fried chicken taco is not your thing, the restaurant will also be offering customers the chance to smash piñatas shaped as caricatures of the two leaders, which –you know?– might be a very therapeutic idea to be honest.
Muy loco!
Via: AP
And just when I thought Thalía had retired and/or decided to dedicate her free time tending to her kids and her fancy Manhattan life and such, she has taken over my Twitter timeline to pitch her new reggaeton single.
Titled No me acuerdo (I Don’t Remember) this “thing” is a collaboration with Dominican singer Natti Natasha and it can be found on Spotify’s Latino Caliente playlist –because where else?
Go ahead and listen if you dare. It sounds exactly like what you’d expect from a Latino Caliente thing.
Ya pueden escuchar mi nueva canción #NoMeAcuerdo con @NattiNatasha en el #LatinoCaliente playlist de @AppleMusic. 💥💥💥 You can check out my new song #NMA with #NattiNatasha on the #LatinoCaliente playlist on #AppleMusic. Listen HERE:https://t.co/9bkRFuNkQW#Thalia #THNN pic.twitter.com/XjykWqErU2
— Thalia (@thalia) 2 de junio de 2018
This blogger’s favorite Peruvian artist is back on the scene, this time with a video filmed in Iquitos, Peru cheering for Peru’s National Soccer team and –for the most part– thanking coach Ricardo Gareca for taking the team to a World Cup after so many years! (36 to be precise.)
Mind you, the lyrics of this thing are just as awesome as the visuals. Here’s a taste:
Peru, positive claws for all my boys
Thank you, Gareca, for taking us to the World Cup after all these years
Thank you, boys, we’re one voice
Let’s all yell together the goals of Peru, trah-lah-lah
WATCH. ENJOY. REPEAT.
Hat tip: @lechancle (¿quién más?)
