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Lost tribe of Frenchmen discovered living in cave near Puebla, MX

by Victor Payan May 5, 2012 Cultura
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(PNS reporting from PUEBLA, MEXICO) Mexican researchers are baffled by the discovery of a lost tribe of Frenchmen living in an artfully-decorated cave in the foothills of Mt. Popocatépetl in the state of Puebla.  The Frenchmen, found by a group of hikers, are believed to be descended from a military patrol that went missing in 1862, during the [...]

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Luminous white UFOs turn Mexican skeptics into believers (videos)

by HASSAN BIN LAID April 28, 2012 Cultura
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Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane it’s — Marcianos! Mexican investigators Jaime Maussan and Santiago Yturria Garza share exceptional videos of unexplained aerial phenomena that turned them from skeptics into believers. Watch news footage as one Mexican mayor spots the “fleet” of luminous white OVNIs and says, “The Martians have arrived!” [...]

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U.S. ♥ Mexico WWII propaganda film: ‘Mexican Moods’ (1942)

by JUNIOR WENCES April 21, 2012 Cultura
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Seventy years ago, when Mexico joined the Allies (AKA the United Nations) to fight against Nazi Germany, the U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs produced and released Mexican Moods praising our new BFF. Sometimes shaky period color footage is matched by shaky period narration and musical production numbers as the film celebrates Mexico’s joining the United [...]

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Holy one-eyed trouser snake, Batman! Latinos are muy hung!

by CHURRO D. AMOR April 16, 2012 Cultura
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A state-of-the-art Google map mashup manifesting peer-reviewed penis-measuring technology has finally shown what you pochas already knew (or merely told the boys): Latinos pump up the volume in penile proportions. This interactive [Flash] map shows — in living color — that Mexican chorizos are más grande than American schmucks, and you can see for yourself how [...]

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Ex-cyber-cop: Stop border infiltration by Internet-powered ‘netbacks’

by S.J. Rivera April 10, 2012 El Now
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(PNS reporting from CYBERESPACE) They slip across the border at night, invisible, hidden in the multitude of American web surfers, bringing with them accented characters, exclamation points turned on their heads and foreign ideas like “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Mexican and Mexican-adjacent Internet users called “netbacks” are sucking up American bandwidth and adding so-called [...]

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Hamburguesas never looked so good! Salma Hayek for BurgerBoy

by ¡MOSCA MEXICAN! April 6, 2012 Cultura
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Don’t judge! She was young and she needed the money. Salma Hayek stars in a musical commercial for the now-defunct Mexican fast food chain BurgerBoy.

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Colbert to Romney: Run this commercial to get Latino votes

by SHAWN CLOTA April 5, 2012 El Now
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It’s no secret that Mitt “Self Deportation” Romney is not Latinos’ favorite presidential hopeful. Stephen Colbert explains the political realities and introduces a new Mitt Romney TV commercial. POCHO has a Mexican Mitt Romney commercial too — and it’s a music video (below).

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Bragging your identity through the rear view mirror

by Al Carlos Hernandez April 5, 2012 Cultura
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Many drivers feel compelled to hang eclectic things from their rear view mirrors as a personal statement of identity, like a moniker or family crest. They painstakingly choose a little symbol that transforms their mass-produced faceless production vehicle into an expression of self. In any discussion of how Latinos choose to label themselves, maybe researchers [...]

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The California Mission lost to history: Santa Zipporah de la Culpa

by David Kipen April 3, 2012 Cultura
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(PNS reporting from EAST LOS) As Passover approaches, we commemorate a little-known chapter in local history: the story of California’s only Jewish mission, Santa Zipporah de la Culpa. Founded on Passover 1799 by a youthful colony of Spanish Jews fleeing the persecution of their parents, at its height the mission comprised a thriving community of several [...]

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Ñewsweek: Gasbacks swarm MX, corporate cartoon capers caca

by Comic Saenz March 18, 2012 El Now
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Gas is hella cheap in Mexico and gabachos with gas-guzzlers are going gaga South of the Border filling their gaping petrol holes. Here in Los United Estates, politically-aware cartoons (like Doonesbury) are getting censored. This cartoon caca is old news to us: Last year, a cartoon by POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz was deemed racist by [...]

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