Mexico’s President Can’t Stop Making People Laugh
Mexico’s President Can’t Stop Making People Laugh
President Enrique Peña Nieto has committed a series of gaffes and misnomers since taking office to the delight of his country’s comedians
posted on Nov. 29, 2015, at 10:30 a.m.
MEXICO CITY — Mocking Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has become an unofficial national hobby. If the head of state can be trusted with one thing, people say, it’s that he will keep mispronouncing names, getting geography wrong, and appearing uncultured and overly rehearsed.
In fact, it’s unclear whether he’s providing inspiration for comedians here or becoming their competition.
“I want to be the best comedian in Mexico and I think I’m on the right track,” stand-up comic Gon Curiel says during his bit, “but I’m resigning myself to the fact that it won’t happen. I’ll never be, at least as long as there is new material from the indisputable best comedian in Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto.”
Peña Nieto’s approval rating stands at 49 percent, according to a survey conducted by El Universal newspaper and a polling company and released this week. His three-year tenure has been defined by major scandals: the most wanted drug lord, Joaquin Loera Guzman, escaped from prison; 43 students disappeared at the hands of local police; and his close circle, including his wife, have been embroiled in corruption scandals.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/karlazabludovsky/mexicos-president-cant-stop-making-people-laugh#.avvkGQpGlQ
