Category Archives: Marketing & Advertising

Today in Surreal Mexico: Social Distancing at the Combi Stop

Posted on April 3, 2020 by

I had promised myself to stop blogging about coronavirus, mostly because I live in New York City and everything is terrible and I keep having anxiety attacks over the whole thing. But then I’ve been facetiming, skype-ing and zooming a … Continue reading →

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Inspired by Mexico, a Chicago Bakery Is Now Making its Own Conchavirus

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

Well, that didn’t take long. Barely a couple of days after this VERY INFLUENTIAL BLOG first reported on the Iztapalapa conchavirus, a small bakery in Chicago is now making their own version. “We wanted to turn a negative into a … Continue reading →

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Quintana Roo’s Police Force Is Ready to Fight Coronavirus … to the Tune of ‘Mariachi Loco’

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

The Mexican police force in Quintana Roo (yes, that’s the state where Cancún is located) has come with an awesome PSA to let the community know that the deadly coronavirus is not going to get them. Watch as police men … Continue reading →

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Mexican Bakery Introduces the Conchavirus, because Mexico

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

Speaking of Mexico and the seriousness of COVID-19, a bakery in Iztapalapa, Mexico has come up with a coronavirus-like sweet bread, which they’re calling –what else?– the conchavirus. According to a very reliable source (i.e. a commenter on my Instagram … Continue reading →

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Mexicans Are Selling a ‘Mystic Candle’ to Fight Off Coronavirus

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

The above candle is being sold as a “mystic product” and it promises to protect us from the evils of coronavirus. In fact, according to the owner of this establishment in Tabasco, all you have to do is light it … Continue reading →

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Tortillas, Toilet Paper and the Importance of the Simple Things

Posted on March 18, 2020 by

I spent a good part of Tuesday, March 17 looking for toilet paper in my neighborhood –to no avail. Somehow, the coronavirus crisis has turned people in some sort of toilet paper-hoarding zombies, emptying the shelves at supermarkets, bodegas and … Continue reading →

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Mexican Entrepreneurship Knows no Limits #Coronavirus Edition

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

Via: Mexicans of Late Capitalism

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