



We are all well aware of the dangerous situation going on in Mexico with the out-of-control violence between drug cartels and the cops, but there is more at stake than everyone’s lives. (And fashion.) There is also the matter...




People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals consistently get us to consider forgoing leather and other animal products and simply eating PETA members instead. Their latest stunt involves placing billboards along the border between Mexico and the U.S. in...




We have a rule at Guanabee, if it’s funny, we will forgive you anything. And that’s basically how we feel about this episode of The Family Guy featuring Mexican Superfriends. Basically because, for some people of a certain income,...




Check out these cool photos by Dulce Pinzon, co-proprietor of Fresa Salvaje, portraying Latino immigrants in New York City as super heroes. From her website: The principal objective of this series is to pay homage to these brave and...




Guillermo Del Toro was on Jimmy Kimmel last week on the occasion of the premier of Hellboy II in Los Angeles. First of all, we love his accent. He really is a Mexican! Secondly, he shared with Jimmy that...




In order to offset the high cost of gasoline, Jack in the Box has crowbarred itself into a promotion that, once again, draws inspiration from Mexico (because who knows better how to get by on nothing?): If filling up...




Kudos to the tipster who sent us this link to BigAssPiñatas.com. They make big ass piñatas. And nothing else: !!!!MEASURING AN INCREDIBLE 3 AND HALF FEET TALL!!!! Choose either White or Brown…How do you swing???? (Candy not included) We...




If you’re not familiar with American Apparel founder Dov Charney then, hey! You probably don’t have syphilis. Anyway, all you need to know is that he’s literally behind all those porny American Apparel ads that make you wonder if...




Yesterday, while many were distracted watching porn at work while figuring out a way that Happy Hour could technically begin at 10 a.m, the brilliant minds at Maxim were busily compiling their list of the “10 Hottest Mexican Women”...




Cinco de mayo is an opportunity for all Americans to cash in on Mexican stereotypes and those who make their money off cooter shots are no exception. Case in point, the website The Naughty American, or TNA for short...




In honor of cinco de mayo, here’s a heartwarming story of women who dare to play mariachi music in Los Angeles. Though, we will defer to our more Latino readers to verify that these are, in fact, mariachis. And...




The makers of American and therefore inferior tasting vodka Skyy just sent out a press release stating that, unlike dirty Mexican-loving Absolut, they fully support the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Oh really? Let’s take a look at that treaty,...




A Huntington Beach waitress shared this picture with the internet. It’s a list of seating guidelines at a Mexican restaurant where she works. We didn’t know Mexicans prefer booths more than other people. Or that impatience is our cultural...




We never thought we’d see the c/s sign hanging in a museum, but then we never thought we’d get paid to post pictures of Oscar De La Hoya in fishnets, either. It’s a new world, Latinos. And Chicagoans should...




It’s funny how you can be combing the newswire thinking, “I’ll never find a story. I’ll never find a story.” And then a headline with the name, “Super Mojado” just pops up out of nowhere. And you think, “It...




As has been mentioned here before, Texas-based grocery chain H-E-B (it stands for H.E. Butt, chortle!) is so beloved by Texas Mexicans that they even have 27 locations in Northern Mexico. So it only took them 71 years to...




Barry O. is taking no chances on the Mexicans in Texas this primary because while, clearly, his regaetton song released earlier this year was the catchier jam, Texas will have it’s own song. So without further ado, we present...




Mexicans, not content to steal jobs from and rape babies belonging to U.S. Americans, are starting to make their way into Canada: The U.K. remained by far Canada’s top overseas tourism market last year while the number of Mexicans...




Nothing goes together quite like kayaking and insensitive stereotyping, and no one understands this unbeatable formula for family fun quite like the good people at Kayak.com. Advertising their “semi-illegal vacation” package, they extoll the virtues of living on the...




Can Latina magazine save Jessica Alba from her own Latiness? Can the actress redeem herself from the title of most embarrassing Latina? Jessica goes on damage control in the pages of the magazine’s March issue. Never one to be...




By now we’ve all heard about the prominent Latino actor who is making quite an impression on folks with his performance in the Oscar-bound Cohen Brothers hit, “No Country For Old Men.” We’re speaking, of course, of former Texas...




In Latin America homosexuals are still considered the unfortunate other. Even progressive homochummy Latinos are sometimes clueless as to how to deal with their gay friends. An issue that sometimes reflects this country’s prevailing attitudes towards Latinos in general....




More and more Mexican immigrants who return home to visit their families are deciding to just stay there rather than return to the discrimination and obstacles they face in the U.S: There are no exact figures, but stories abound...




Families comprised of both Guatemalan and Mexican immigrants are becoming more and more common in Phoenix. And, like with any pairing that is born on a dancefloor amidst the sweat-soaked gyrations of several dozen inebriated strangers, these begin with...




It’s Friday and we’re only a couple of hours away from imbibing ourselves into a Spanish Harlem stupor. So, how about a nice game of Mexican Hat Catch to help us pass the time before we can spike our...




A new study shows that second generation Latinos in the U.S. tend to speak more and better English than their first generation parents. Like, duh! Beesh, we know we speak English so good: The classic pattern, reported by the...




Hide your lawn chairs, pull the couch back into the house and get your Chevy off the curb: it’s time for RottenNeighbor! Today’s dose of xenophobic rage comes to you from sunny L.A: stupid lazy *** mexicans all they...




Empathizing with the discrimination Mexican immigrants face in this country Jewish committess are banding together with Mexican groups to discuss common issues: The American Jewish Committee co-sponsored the three-day workshop with Mexico’s Institute for Mexicans Abroad, which includes an...




Speaking of race mixing, Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America, a new book by Los Angeles Times opinion columnist Gregory Rodriguez is clueing chicano activists like Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán...




BBC News recently took a look at the Soto family, five sisters and their parents who moved from Mexico to an Arkansas suburb. Simply. Amazing. Did you know Latinos live in suburbs? No, like, seriously, in houses. Some of...




Marco Lozano, a Mexican waiter working in Scotland has been thrown in jail for fondling some Scottish ass of some women as they walked by the street. He told the police that he “liked European women as he considered...




Nintendo DS, the popular portable gaming console, has an edutainment game title called “Spanish for Everyone” that tries to teach little kids valuable Spanish lessons. The problem is, the “lessons” are part of a plot that portrays Mexicans as...




Now this is a smart use of Google Maps. A site called yumtacos.com is asking for contributions to its inventory of California taco trucks. If you know of a specific truck - whether it is one you visit regularly,...




A site masquerading as CNN.com, under the url “http://www.cnnheadlienews.com,” claimed the recent wave of fires eating up Southern California was started by a group of radical Mexican immigrants, going so far as to claim photographic evidence of these supposed...




As a commenter recently pointed out in the latest Mexican Consulate bombing update, it seems that the “hatred people feel towards Latin Americans is magnified when it comes to Mexicans.” Mexican immigrants, regardless of legal status, are blamed for...




Gossip site TMZ wrote a post yesterday in one-semester Spanish about Making Menudo, the reality show about the boy-band that launched a million pimples. The post said that the reality show has finished recording and that the new group...




The Chapel of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio has unveiled a new guacamole-friendly statue of Jesus Christ for their altar as part of their $5 million renovation project. The “Hispanic-looking,” 10-foot tall, beaner-Jesus statue was created to more...




A Mexican priest was pulled over in Monterrey this week for drunk driving and proceeded to try and beat the snot out of a cop. After a police officer confirmed he was wasted, the priest allegedly threw some punches,...




In addition to dressing our pets, enjoying tequila-laced pumpkin latte eye-openers, and bingeing and vomiting candy corn, we are looking forward to dressing up for Halloween and scaring the shit out of little kids. So, we found the most...




A Georgetown, Texas car salesman got fired after distributing an email ad with the headline “Tired of the Wet Backs????” The ad was a promotion for vehicles with air-conditioned seats. The offending spam was sent to 1,200 customers, including...




Thanks to a tipster for this (and if you’ve heard of her before and want to rub it in, please do. We love it!). Her name is Astrid Hadad and, according to an email, she’s “Mexico’s greatest living cabaret...




The other day we were in the elevator at our dentist’s office when we witnessed the following conversation between a man dressed in a blue blazer who could only be described as WASPy and an equally Aryan looking, blonde...




Blogger, writer, and Guanabee crush Johnny Diaz wrote a story in today’s Boston Globe about Cuban-American reactions to CBS’s drama Cane. When brainstorming about the show, Cynthia Cidre, Cane’s executive producer and creator said: ”[I wondered,] ‘What is the...




From the Guanabee mailbag, one Fares Boudiwan of Dubai, UAE sent us two emails last night with the following message for none other than the richest man in the world, Mexican entrepreneur of Lebanese descent Carlos Slim Helú (cuz,...




A news item about a Los Angeles based casting company for the ABC TV NBC show, “Friday Night Lights” not being able to fill 400 Mexican extras roles in Brownsville, Texas made us chuckle. Mainly because Brownsville, located spitting...




Buried somewhere in the cast of an upcoming Kevin Kline flick about south-of-the-border sex trafficking called “Trade,” actress Kate del Castillo imparts some wisdom to those studs among you who wanna rope in classy, single Mexicans like her: We...




Movie production peons spent the wee hours of Monday morning turning a Boston bistro into an “authentic Irish cantina” called “Pancho McDougal’s.” (Not for the hell of it, but for the sake of a Dane Cook project. We consider...




After repeatedly begging the rest of the country to stop this border fence madness, the Texans who reside in the lower Rio Grande Valley border area have organized the first ever, bi-national protest with their neighbors across the water....




• A former Maniac Latin Disciple and enemy combatant, Jose Padilla is convicted of conspiracy to aid terrorists. We can’t decide which of those titles is less glamorous than it sounds. [Chicagoist] • Readers are asked what they think...




Immigration: The Human Cost The kids at The Onion got our attention with this video about the human cost of Mexicans. This goes out to every American who’s been disenfranchised by one. We’re pouring one out for you, g’s. Immigration:...
