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Are you a Hispanic in California? Do the Social Distance Thing Using your ‘Cajas de Verduras’

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

Ventura County explaining how much distance is needed to maintain social distancing. English = Skis; Spanish =3 crates of produce, because –as everyone knows– whites ski, while Hispanics do the “picking thing.” Hat tip: Ray Estrada

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Mexican Luchadores Ask Hispanics to Pleeeease Wear a Mask

Posted on June 10, 2020 by

As every Mexican knows, in any good Lucha Libre match, the one who loses their mask pretty much loses the fight. With this premise in mind, advertising agency d’expósito & Partners has launched “Lucha vs. El Virus,” a PSA campaign … Continue reading →

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Mexicans are Making Face Masks Featuring Luchadores

Posted on May 22, 2020 by

They cost between $150 and $200 Mexican pesos (less than 9 bucks) and are available for children and adults. The idea came from Mexican wrestler el Hijo del Soberano, who has been producing these beauties like crazy as the cases … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 8, 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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Mexico Figures out the Best Way to Enforce Social Distancing

Posted on May 4, 2020 by

In these times of pandemia, we all now know what social distancing (also called “physical distancing,”) means keeping space between yourself and other people outside of your home. To practice social or physical distancing, the CDC recommends to stay at … Continue reading →

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Cinco de Mayo in the Time of Coronavirus Is Just as Dumb as Regular Cinco de Mayo

Posted on April 28, 2020 by

No access to the outside world? No problemo! District Taco, a so-called taquería based in I-don’t-know-where-but-not-Mexico wants you to know that you can “take back your right to fiesta” by ordering the coronavirus-special sheltering in place combo: Delicioso steak fajitas, … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s Top Health Official Is Now an Official Piñata, Because Mexico

Posted on April 15, 2020 by

It is official: Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, the Mexican deputy health minister in the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 has been immortalized in a piñata from the famed Piñatería Ramírez in northern Mexico. The López-Gatell piñata comes with –what else– … Continue reading →

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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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Mexican Entrepreneurship Knows no Limits #Coronavirus Edition

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

Via: Mexicans of Late Capitalism

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Speaking of Mexicans and the Coronavirus…

Posted on March 6, 2020 by

Here are some adorable school children in an undisclosed location dancing to the tune of the Coronavirus cumbia, because Mexico. Italy, Iran, China: Schools across the country closed for Coronavirus. Mexico: 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/Bp7wYOhZxd — Laura Martínez® (@miblogestublog) March 6, 2020 … Continue reading →

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Mexican Entrepreneurship Knows no Borders Part XVI

Posted on February 3, 2020 by

The deadly Coronavirus might continue to claim victims around the world, but that has not stopped creative Mexicans for crafting their own t-shirts with the legend Ya me dio el (I have contracted the) Corona Virus, a different kind of … Continue reading →

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