Topic - Media

An exercise by BBC Mundo showed the most annoying expression across the Spanish speaking world is “me entiendes?” - do you understand me? - which certain speakers will inject into their conversation when trying to make a point.
The article, reported on by a local newspaper, drew a rush of web postings sympathetic to the findings of the survey, and […]

Among the many versatilities of the Spanish language is the use of adjectives as nouns. By adding “el,” “los,” “la,” or “las” before an adjective or past participle of a verb, you get a descriptive noun referring to a person, place or thing.
El veloz - “the speedy” one
La Ventosa - “the windy” place
Los desesperados - […]

One of the things that went out the window with the modernization of Mexico was stifling censorship of the airwaves, particularly television. For things like news, this is no doubt a good thing (although one would be hard-pressed to show that people are any better informed now than they were, say, 30 years ago).
One genre that […]

Argentine cartoonist Quino (Joaquín Lavado), creator of the Mafalda comic strip, is in Mexico this week. Mafalda, which Quino began drawing in 1964 and continued until 1973, was always popular in Mexico, itself home to some of the world’s finest political cartoonists. Mafalda, a child of the 60s, combines the innocence of the Peanuts strip with the […]

One of the problems with predicting the outcome of football matches is that the prediction is as likely as not to be wrong. The prediction  that Mexico would defeat Honduras away in the 2010 World Cup qualifying turned out to be one of those, as the local side won 1-0 and secured first place in the group […]

Mexico’s national football (soccer) team manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has drawn some criticism after their 2-2 draw with Canada in the semi-final round of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
After stringing three home  victories together in his first games as manager, the former England boss’s next two matches were less impressive, a loss away to a […]

This past week, Mexico’s most famous drunk of the Internet era died - ironically run over by a woman driving under the influence of alcohol.
Guillermo López Langarica, popularly known as La Canaca, became famous when, after being arrested for drunk driving, argued: “so what? I haven’t crashed!”
The colorful Guadalajara character, known locally for his flowery […]

Arráncame La Vida, a film about the life of a politician’s wife in post-revolution Mexico, is the latest home-made Mexican film to challenge the host of Hollywood productions for the moviegoer’s money.
The film’s debut was an auspicious one, according to local press reports on the amount of people who saw it in its first week. […]

To nary a whimper from once vocal opponents, the Mexican Congress, in one of its last acts of the spring sessions passed the bill setting a single price for new books all over the country, doing away with the discounts much appreciated in these pages. The votes in the senate and the lower house in […]

A trip to Mexico City could well be graced with a visit to the Aztec Stadium to see a football (soccer) match. The massive concrete structure located in the south of the capital on Calzada de Tlalpan, seats more than 100,000 people. It has been the site of two World Cup finals (1970 and 1986), […]