"Please, no more of this Mexican Mexico commenting, it is unkind," says Dorito.
Mexico, long recognized as the "Mexico of North America," has formally denounced this popular, if not catchy, reputation. Mexico's Grand Chancellor of Foreign Relations Osbaldo Dorito recently asked, "What does this mean? Why must we be the "Mexico of" anywhere?"
Last year Spain spoke out on being referred to as the "Mexico of Europe" due not only to its use of Spanish but also because of its prominence in terrible medicine, crime, poverty, and political as well as social chaos.
"This was bad for them [Spain]," said Dorito "as no one wishes to be the 'Mexico' of anywhere. But they could refute this claim. They said, 'But we are Spain.' and that was enough for them. We are still Mexico so it will be a much more challenging label to overcome."
Indeed, Spain's tourism has blossomed since adopting their latest slogan "We still aren't Mexico!"
Mexico has always been known for supplying North America with migrant labor, crappy leather goods and marijuana dubbed "Mexican dirt-weed," inclusive of sticks, stems and lazy cockroaches. In recent years, however, Mexico's reputation for corrupt police, hybrid chlamydia, and rampant Catholicism have grown to prominence.
