MondayAugust252008

A dog in Argentina saved a newborn girl’s life after she was abandoned by her 14-year-old mother. Everyone together now: Awwww! The dog, upon finding the little poor little womb hobbit all wiggley and crying in a field, carried...

TuesdayAugust192008

Here’s the deal: This shit wouldn’t be half so embarrassing if someone would catch, say, the Zimbabwean ping pong team doing it. But noooooo, puros Latinos. So, yeah, the Argentine women’s soccer team ALSO took a picture making slanty...

MondayAugust182008

TOMS is a shoe company with a very clear mission statement: For every pair of shoes you purchase, they will donate a pair to a child in need. It’s also a company that happens to be lead by a...

ThursdayJuly312008

Great news! Were you aware that it’s National Breastfeeding Week in Argentina? Of course you were. The Argentine government has created the special week in support of mothers and breasts and mothers with breasts and to publicize a campaign...

MondayJuly282008

Jorge Corsi is a renowned psychologist in Argentina who has met the President, worked as a professor, and has typically been top shit all around. Now news has come out that Dr. Corsi has been putting his psychological know-how...

TuesdayJuly222008

Like dancing? And stars? Us either, really. But apparently the “Dancing with the Stars” brand is so popular that it has made its way to Argentina. And because Argentina is full of Latinos, and Latinos are inherently sexy, their...

MondayJune302008

Argentina, that mythical land of nose jobs and activities made to ruin them completely, has topped the United Nations list of cocaine-abusing nations in Latin America. Otherwise known as “Top Spring Break Locales for Future i-Bankers:” The UN’s “World...

MondayJune302008

Mexican Disney (?) made a version of High School Musical because the appeal of adorably gay teen boys who dance and sing is universal. This version, it seems, will only be in theaters. Because most of Mexico can’t afford...

ThursdayJune262008

Fernet-Branca, an Italian amaro popular in Argentina, has unveiled a series of ads across New York City advising Eurotrash-Guanabees to “Embrace the Bitter.” Because nothing perks up a Coca-Cola quite like the gastronomical equivalent of having someone hold your...

TuesdayMay272008

In a recent and infinitely wise legislative decision by the Buenos Aires court, possession of “personal use” amounts of illegal substances is a right that is now protected under the Argentinean Constitution. Reading the court’s decision made us pull...

ThursdayMay222008

Remember Josef Fritzl? How could you not, what with having quotidian nightmares about him. It seems that a man in Argentina named Eleuterio Soria committed a very similar series of crimes. And by very similar we mean “exactly the...

FridayApril042008

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner has been facing off against her nation’s farmers over an export tax on soybeans that have led the latter to strike, protest and, at times, resort to violence. In response, Kirchner tells them “It’s all...

ThursdayApril032008

Grossest headline ever? ¡Si, che! Dr. Daniel Serrano is an Argentine plastic surgeon who was recently arrested for smuggling a non-FDA-approved drug into the U.S. The drug, which he referred to as a “miracle wrinkle cream” that was “better...

MondayMarch242008

For some time now, South America has been doing its best impression of the boundless nympho tramp to get America’s dollars. Guanabee Contributing Correspondent Eve Hyman explores first hand the latest ways our neighbors to the south are working...

WednesdayMarch122008

A SCARY ASS gnome-thing was caught on video by a group of Argentine teenagers in General Guemes. The creature wears a pointed hat and has a strange, sideways walk. Says one of the teens, the sexily last-named José Alvarez:...

ThursdayFebruary282008

Facundo Monti, whom you may remember from Telemundo’s “Protagonistas de la Musica” (No? Ok.), recently got tattooed by none other than the object of our slowly waning crush, “L.A. Ink” star Kat Von D: She invited me on the...

TuesdayFebruary262008

Guanabee editor Cindy Casares grew up across the border from Mexico where rich Mexicans came over to shop, vacation and even avail themselves of the private schooling. These people were not so affectionately termed, “fresas.” Recently she learned that...

MondayFebruary252008

Paco, a highly addictive coke residue ingested through smoking, is taking Argentina by storm. But, like, coca is so healthy and nourishing! Right, Evo?: The surge in drug use has been fueled by porous borders, economic hardship and, more...

MondayFebruary182008

Following recent suicides among their young people, the Guarani community of Argentina have implemented a mandatory quarantine for teens: But the village chief, Silvino Moreyra, decided there was one last drastic step he could suggest to save his people:...

FridayJanuary252008

MGM is allowing two of its cartoon characters —the Pink Panther and Rocky [Ed. note: Who in the hot hell is Rocky?]— to be used as part of a marketing campaign targeting Latin America: New York-based Big Tent Entertainment...

WednesdayJanuary162008

Lest you think that Fagentina is slowly turning into the land of pink, along comes our new best friend ever Mariana Legarreta who explains in this HD worthy video the intricacies of pole dancing, which is apparently taking Argentina...

FridayJanuary042008

It was a madness, a whoredom, that most wonderful of cultural events, a bastardization from innumerable parents, a burst of musical languages and unusual couplings from which sprung a single, yet endlessly complicated, gorgeous flower. Tango. A deliciously written...

FridayDecember282007

This month Reuters covers a special ceremony that took place in Ottawa honoring Argentineans who served, rather under wraps, for the Allied Forces during World War II: Many foreigners fought for the various Allied air forces, but until now...

ThursdayDecember132007

Under the radar, on top of your world: people you should know about. Our little, early-morning, metal break today brought in more than few inquiries as to the origins of that band of young hellions. Turns out they are the...

ThursdayDecember132007

We want these kids to play at the Guanabee Christmas party....

FridayDecember072007

Maria Fernanda “Chachinator” Telesco, with whom you have very recently become extraordinarily familiar, discovered that her sex tape was released by non other than her cousin. Shady! Who stole it from her… father? “I made the video last February...

FridayDecember072007

“High School Musical” has really provided us with quite the cornucopia of bearded clams. Latest to introduce us to her vagina before we had a chance to fully process why the hell she’s famous is Maria Fernanda “Chachi” [Ed....

WednesdayDecember052007

An Argentine teen has successfully undergone gender reassignment surgery after winning a court battle to do so as a minor: A judge in 2004 ruled the teen had to wait until age 21 for the operation, but the parents...

MondayDecember032007

Argentina is considering limiting tourism to Antarctica because of the environmental impact it has on the continent’s wildlife. You might have to rethink your plans to spend this Spring Break doing body shots off a sweet-ass penguin this year:...

MondayNovember262007

The Argentine town of Olivares de San Nicolás, presumably along with its 800 residents, is up for sale as a court-ordered means of paying off the debts of a local businessman. Just in time for Christmas: In addition to...

WednesdayNovember212007

Argentine entrepreneur Tito Loizeau is up to his eyeballs in synthetic hair and pink sequined bodysuits thanks to a Barbie-themed play area and salon he opened in a Bueno Aires shopping mall. The shop is a hit with screeching,...

WednesdayNovember142007

The Mr. Gay competition (yes, there is such a thing), will take place in January of next year in Hollywood. The Mr. Gay Competition web site states: We believe that “Gay is not a stereotype” and our mission is...

WednesdayNovember142007

Ceferino Namuncura, a Mapuche Indian, was beatified in a ceremony attended by tens of thousands in Southern Argentina, an event many see as his initial step toward becoming the first-ever indigenous Argentine saint. He is credited with curing a...

FridayNovember022007

In the wake of dissatisfaction over Argentina’s President-elect ladyperson Cristina Kirchner’s confusing doublespeak regarding gay marriage comes news of Buenos Aires’ first luxury gay hotel: The Axel. The £3.5m five-storey complex has been conceived and designed as an out...

ThursdayNovember012007

Talk show host and only-in-South-Carolina presidential candidate Stephen Colbert loves America. In that way. He wants to hold it tightly to his breast and brush the hair out of its eyes as he silently mouths the lyrics to “Wind...

TuesdayOctober302007

After garnering nearly double the amount of votes as her second place opponent, Elisa Carrio, First Lady Cristina Kirchner is now set to become Argentina’s first ovary-carrying president. And several political commentators think that’s really cute! Although Kirchner has...

FridaySeptember212007

Esquire, the sophisticated glossy men’s magazine that chases topics from how to drink your martini to which BMW is the best to get a bj in, is bringing its pompousness to the Spanish speaking masses. The magazine just hit...

FridaySeptember212007

Browsing YouTube we came across this old video of “Topo Gigo”. A nightly show about an Argentinean mouse and his human co-host Raulito who would sing to us and put us to sleep. At first we became nostalgic to...

ThursdaySeptember202007

• A 10,000 pound burrito will be created next month to kick-off Dia De La Raza. People still refuse to believe burritos is a gringo obsession. [The Austin Chronicle] • The ’90s muscle show American Gladiator will be back...

TuesdaySeptember112007

In 1999 archaeologists discovered three frozen bodies fully intact in the summit of Mount Llullaillaco, a volcano between Argentina and Chile. That’s one of them on the left. They are now on display at the Museum of High Altitude...

MondaySeptember102007

We kind of love these condom ads from Argentina for a brand called Tulipan. They almost make us feel like having sex. But then again, so does watching the news with Jorge Ramos. Grrrr. Check out another one after...

TuesdaySeptember042007

Argentinian soccer superstar, globe-trotting celebrity, cocaine junkie, rehab flunkie, tax evader, America-hater, Hugo Chávez homeboy—if the shoe fits, Diego Maradona has worn it proudly over the past two decades since cheating in and winning the 1986 World Cup. (You...

WednesdayAugust222007

• Tonight FOX premieres “Anchorwoman,” a reality show featuring a slutty bimbo behind the newsdesk. Same credentials as Mirthala, and we all know how entertaining that was. [Boston Globe] • Hispanic teens are more likely than white teens to...

MondayAugust202007

The first two iterations of a telenovela featuring a transgender lead character have called on an actual transgender actress to portray her; the program’s third version, however, has balked at this level of true-to-life casting. In Argentina’s “Los Roldán”...

FridayAugust032007

We don’t get it. The president of Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, speaking at a session in the Mexican senate, said the proposed U.S.-Mexico border security fence is, “offensive for Mexico and all the peoples of Latin America and the World.”...

FridayJuly202007

The gloves are off across the world. • Chilean soccer players at the semifinal match of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup had a brawl with the Canadian cops cuz they lost to Argentina. Now that’s what we call international...

WednesdayJune132007

Mexicans fear that Guatemalans are illegally immigrating to Mexico. Colombians are moving into Venezuela to escape war, but are bringing violence to that country. Peruvians are entering Ecuador to sell as many finger puppets and alpaca scarves as they...

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