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From the series Mexicans: How can anyone not like us? come Los Hijos de Trump (or the Sons of Trump) now performing in Mexico City’s Teatro Aldama.
Note: I’ve no idea what this is all about but rest assure I’ll investigate during an upcoming trip to wonderful Mexicou!
Hat tip: D. Lagunilla
On this this April 2015 segment, Univision News introduced Hispanics to María Diega Méndez, a lovely old lady who lives in Guanajuato, Mexico and happens to be very poor and very sick. The reason for all the media attention? She is the aunt of Columba [not Columbia, nor Colombia] Garnica, better known as Columba [not Columbia, nor Colombia] Bush.
The Univision segment basically makes one strong point: That should Columba (not Columbia, nor Columbia) become the U.S. First Lady, she should at least help pay for this poor’s woman’s medication.
I mean… after all, what are The Bushes going to do with the proceeds of their $75 Guaca Bowl?
*ItsColumbaNotColumbiaNorColombia
Via: BuzzFeed News
Are you dying to visit and experience other countries but are too scared to leave your poncho or sombrero behind? Worry no more! Rental company Paris Attitude has the perfect solution: A rental in Paris that will make us feel right at home*.
¡Ajúa!
Hat tip: Miblogestublog’s Europe correspondent @KentGerman
*Cactus, sarape and art in papel amate included
In yet another sign that New York City is quickly becoming a subsidiary of Mexico, a paisano was spotted recently in the city subway proudly wearing a pair of Converse All Star Mexican Flag Ajúa Edition.
Want to be as cool as my people but Converse are not your thing? You will want to check out these Nike beauties and — of course — the Cinco de Mayo Adidas.
Photo: @SallyNeiman
Hat tip: @borrachito
Well, that was fast.
According to The Internet, Hollywood director Ridley Scott is teaming up with studio giant Fox to produce a novel paralleling the life of escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman.
Details are still sketchy, but Mexican twitteratti are already full of awesome ideas.
Ridley Scott hará película acerca de la vida del Chapo Guzmán. Esto es lo que me imaginé: pic.twitter.com/Q8WSgnMiNE
— Vampipe ⍨ (@vampipe) julio 24, 2015
…Because even Border Patrol agents get their cravings for greasy snacks every now and then.
Hat tip: Fernando Yee/Facebook
Hilarious Mexican trio Los Tres Tristes Tigres have done it again.
Here’s their Donald Trump corrido –in Spanish and sans musical arrangements, because, really, he doesn’t deserve it.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I’m still on vacation so I won’t bother translating this thing right now, though I might do so as soon as I’m off this Greek island….or not.
Via: YouTube
Buddha, mushrooms, cactai, sombrero…. What could possibly go wrong?
¡Ajúa!
Photo: Laura Martínez, Eressos, Lesvos (2015)
It is not a secret that Americans love Latin America — especially if they can enjoy an entire continent while avoiding the annoyances and perils of actually going there.
Enter Xochimilco-Cancún, a smaller-scale recreation of the original Xochimilco, the famed floating garden in Mexico City, that caters to Cancún tourists — basically Americans who could not bother to experience the annoyances and perils of actual Mexico City.
By paying a “modest” fee of $80, tourists in Xochimilco-Cancún can ride a trajinera, as mariachis play music alongside and feast on Mexican delicacies and drink beer and tequila like there is no tomorrow — all this from the comfort of Cancún, a Mexican city which looks nothing like Mexico.
¡Oh, yeah!
![Jeb Bush with [tiny] Mexican wife, Columba](https://miblogestublog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jebbushcolumba.jpg)
Per an a March 29, 2015 article:
HUDSON, N.H. — As Jeb Bush mingled with Hispanic workers on a company tour a few weeks ago on his first trip here as an all-but-declared candidate for president, he was able to guess the region in Colombia where one woman was born just from hearing her accent.
He should know better.
While many politicians — and pretty much most “regular Americans”– insist on confusing Colombia with Columbia –and viceversa — something like that would simply be an unforgivable and goofy mistake for a man whose Mexican wife goes by the name of –what else?– Columba.
Editor’s Note: Depending on the success -or not- of Jeb Bush’s campaign for 2016, this blogger will be launching a new category: #ItsColumbaNotColumbia
Meet Alondra Santos, the adorable 13-year-old Mexican singer, who claims to have inherited her love of music from — who else? — her abuela.
Watch little Alondra as she dazzles the judges, as her entire familia cheers on backstage…
¡Ajúa!
…. Soraya is BAAAAAAAACK!
Per a Univision press release:
Netflix will now offer many hours of some of the most beloved and highly-rated shows from the Univision classics such as Teresa, Maria la del Barrio, Lo Que La Vida Me Robó, Por Ella Soy Eva, La Viuda Negra and Rosa de Guadalupe. The lineup also features some of the Top 20 novelas of all time including La Fea Mas Bella, Cuidado con el Angel and Rubi.
Yeah.. I know what you’re thinking
Awwww, Mexico…
The land of the collective smooch, the coold cocnuts and the 1-million-dollar birthday parties is also the World’s Headquarters of innovative political initiatives.
Take Valentín González, aspiring Mayor of Netzahualcóyotl, who decided it was an awesome idea to drive around the impoverished municipality in his own Batmobile. Why? Simple, because it is the only way to fight crime and stuff so he can get elected and all that.
Per the campaign itself:
“The campaign will be accompanied by our emblem, which we decided to be a Batmobile, simply because in order to reach the Mayor’s Office we’ll have to fight criminals who for a long time have disturbed the peace of our citizens.”
¡Santas elecciones, Valentín!
Via: SDPNoticias
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