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Remember my mun2 goody-bag full of hot salsas?
Not to be outdone, mun2 parent NBC Universal this morning showed its true multicultural colors by giving attendees to the launch of “Hispanics at NBCU” division a Mobile Food set, including 16 organic herbs + spices, plus wasabi, soy sauce and –what else?– a miniature Tabasco sauce.
Multiculturalism is so spicy and delicious!
What did I ever do to Mark Zuckerberg that now he wants me to friend el “innombrable“?
Just FYI: I did send him a friendship request, but I am still waiting for his answer. Unbelievably, though, he has over 4,000 friends, so I guess he can do without me.
From today’s paper. Read the Journal’s Census story here:
Tired of cute kittens, war veterans or that boring flag? Coming soon to your nearby U.S. Post Office: Tito Puente, Carmen Miranda, Carlos Gardel and Selena.
According to AP, the new set of five forever stamps going on sale today “represent a range of Latin musical styles, including Tejano, tango, samba, Latin jazz and salsa.”
March 22nd is ‘Mexico Day’ on Wall Street: Mexican ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhán, joined leaders from Mexican companies in ringing the opening bell on Wall Street this morning.
Go figure.
Photo: Twitter.com/CNNMex
You have to give it to marketers for always trying to embrace different cultures. So not content with giving us Currito, Tostitos and fajita dinners from Old El Paso, they are giving us Rogue’s Chipotle Ale, the only thing I can possibly think of to wash down fake Mexican food.
Salud!
Photo: Laura Martínez
Univision CEO Joe Uva has left the company to “be able to seek other opportunities,” Univision announced today.
But what’s really weird is that they don’t want to tell me where the hell it is that he is going, and rumor has it that he might have gotten the boot. His last day is April 2.
I don’t know you guys but I feel a bit sorry for the guy. After all those years of tireless work and efforts, he didn’t even have time to master his Spanish… But he shouldn’t worry too much. Judging from his stellar appearance as a piragüero in one scene of the hit Brodway show In the Heights, I’m sure he’ll be able to find a gig in the barrio.
His specialty? Piraguas de Uva!
Buena suerte, Mr. Uva. I’ll look you up among my neighborhood’s piragüeros.
Here is the much awaited Coke-Zero spot featuring our beloved “Chicharito” trying out new things in his newly adopted country.
He is so taken by Coke Zero and trying out new things, that he even drives on the “wrong” side of the road and gets all delusional about Mexico winning the World Cup some day.
¿Por qué no?
It took a bit longer than many would have liked, but California is (almost) back to being Mexican. This week the U.S. Census confirmed Hispanics are about to overtake whites as the largest minority in California. So this blogger is suggesting a slight change of name for the state: How ’bout Mexifornia?
Move over, cucaracha-stomping Mariachi: The new onda app right now is Smuggle Truck, an iPhone and iPad app that allows you to drive a truck full of immigrants through the dessert and try not to have them tossed out in the process.
Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration, developed by Owlchemy Labs in Boston, is set for release this month but it’s already raising the ire of immigration advocates who think the game trivializes the seriousness of the crossings.
Really? I thought it was a major attempt by some app-developer coyote to show gringos that their job is no walk in the park!
Every time I walk by New York City’s famous Dakota building, I cannot help but think about Lennon, Ono, Bacall and Bernstein. But for some reason not many Hispanics come to mind…
And now I finally know why:
In a recent New York Times article about Dakota tenant Alphonse Fletcher and his ongoing fight with the building’s management, one member of the co-op board is said to have made a point about why they turned down an apartment to one famous Hispanic:
So there you have it. Not only the “system” has trashed my dream of becoming a beauty queen; now I’m going to have to look for an apartment elsewhere… the projects, tal vez.
Oh well…
I have been writing about Liberman’s Spanish-language programming for quite some time now, and was always appalled at the lack of response by mainstream media about the offensive nature of some of their programming.
Things might change soon.
Today the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) filed a joint complaint with the FCC against Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. and KRCA, a broadcast television station serving the Los Angeles area. The complaint is in response to a string of broadcasts of the Spanish-language television talk show José Luis Sin Censura, which contains indecent, profane, and obscene material, offensive language, nudity, and on-air verbal and physical attacks against women as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Watch for yourself (if you can stomach it, that is.)
More footage here
It is truly remarkable what you can do with your iPhone these days.
In addition to checking in cool restaurants, listen to world radio and kill stupid piggies with flying angry birds, you can now pretend to be a “real mariachi” (whatever that means) and stomp cucarachas while a lovely song -which else? La Cucaracha– plays in the background.
Mariachi Hero is for real and it costs 1.99 on iTunes.
I always knew there had to be a strong reason for me not to participate in a beauty pageant. And here’s why: These people are brutal. So much so, they have stripped Domonique Ramirez, 17, of her Miss San Antonio beauty queen title and handed off the tiara to another girl because, among other violations…
Ramirez reportedly got too fat from eating tacos, adding an inch or two to her figure…
That is, like, not fair.
I think pageant organizers should just tweak the name of her crown a little, and simply call her “Miss Carnitas.” That way I’m sure she’ll attract some big Hispanic marketers including KFC, Old El Paso or even El Pueblano.
If all of this fails, we’ll just have to send Domonique to join the Mexico City police force.
What do you do upon learning that more than 6,000 people have died in drug-related violence en Ciudad Juárez in only one year?
If you are MAC-Rodarte, you launch a line up of make-up. And if you are a U.S.-based videogame developer you launch a game.
That is exactly what Ubisoft Entertainment will be doing this summer, when it is set to release Call of Juarez: The Cartel, an “exciting” adventure that engages users to:
“Embark on a bloody road trip from Los Angeles to Juárez, Mexico […] immersing yourself in a gritty plot with interesting characters and a wide variety of game play options.”
Yeah, that sounds like fun… morons!
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