Slippery, slimey, fish-smelling, piranha-looking scissors.
The words of the prophet are written on the local walls (photo)

Angry agitprop on a freshly-pasted street poster in LA’s Silver Lake neighborhood, snapped Wednesday afternoon — photo via cool iPhone app Snapcious.
Remember that time we carpooled and Skeletor ate a burrito? (video)
Mama Skeletor always told Baby Skeletor that breakfast was the most important meal of the day.
@SaraChicaD: Why do Latinos shame each other over culture? (video)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews, Sara Inés Calderón (@SaraChicaD on the Twitter), wants to know why Latinos shame each other over culture.
Mickey D’s in South Africa has a ‘Mexican burger’ for you (video)
This TV commercial from McDonald’s in South Africa promotes a “Mexican burger” with “fiery jalapeño” hot sauce. Cactuses and sombreros not included. No burros were harmed in the making of this commercial.
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Was El Chupacabra spotted in Picayune, Mississippi? (video)
Mississippi? The chupacabras are strong in this one. W-LOX-TV reports.
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Secrets of the Stars: How to master the American accent (video)
Argentinian actress and speech coach Guadalupe “Lupita” Gutierrez shows how to speak with an American accent. At least, that’s what she thinks… [Video by Natalia Abelleyra.]
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Explorers find pyramids of ‘Lost City of Giants’ in Ecuador rain forest
A team of explorers has found a gigantic stone pyramid (and gigantic stone hammers) in the Amazonian rain forest of Ecuador, an ancient complex which corresponds to a local legend about a City of Giants.
At the discovered site there is one extremely large pyramidal type structure of approximately 80 metres square base and 80 metres height, with steeply inclined walls. This structure is made up of irregular shaped large cut stone blocks, each currently calculated to be approximately 2 tonnes in weight; many hundreds of such blocks make up the walls of the building.
Mas…Explorers find pyramids of ‘Lost City of Giants’ in Ecuador rain forest
Fashion Forward Victims: Miss Universe ‘National Costumes’ (photos)


The Miss Universe 2013 competition begins this weekend in Moscow and the pre-show festivities Monday included a photo session to show off the “national costumes” for each country’s entrant. Above is Miss Mexico, Cynthia Duque, (left) and Miss Ecuador, Constanza Báez.
Meet Miss Brazil, Jakelyne Oliveira:
Mas…Fashion Forward Victims: Miss Universe ‘National Costumes’ (photos)
Welcome to World Cup 2014 – with ♡ from Anonymous Brasil (video)
Riots in Rio continue as the country prepares for the World Cup next year. Self-appointed “hacktivist” group Anonymous Brasil has its own spin on events.
Otra DREAMer in London – I’m a stranger in a strange land
Six weeks have passed since my move to London; the start of new journey, a new dream. It is the first time in my life that I made the conscious decision to migrate. I did not have that choice at the age of nine when I was brought into the U.S. as an irregular migrant child, nor did I choose to return to Mexico when I was deported four years ago.
The excitement still lingers alongside a sense of exploration as I am afforded certain level of freedom to be able to reside in a foreign country legally to pursue a graduate degree. It took overcoming very difficulty challenges, but I did not do it alone. An entire community supported me along the way to be here. It is a privilege that I do not take lightly as well as a responsibility to represent the collective challenges of migrants who have gone through similar experiences wherever I am.
Mas…Otra DREAMer in London – I’m a stranger in a strange land
In Chile, the best part of waking up is Coffee with Legs (video)
In Chile, white-collar businessmen like to start their days with Cafés con Piernas — coffee with legs — at a local mashup of Hooters and Starbucks.
Swiss band Pizza Prostata says ‘Buenas Tardes, Innuendo’ (video)
Bern, Switzerland band Pizza Prostata wishes a good afternoon to Innuendo.. The band, aside from using random Spanish words as lyrics, specializes in “great songs, badly played, but with passion.“
Oxford: Big butt women are smarter, healthier *UPDATED w/ VIDEO
* An interview with the University of Oxford butt fat researcher [Updated 7:45 PM PDT Nov. 2, 2013.]
(PNS reporting from ENGLAND) Scientists at the University of Oxford have uncovered evidence that women with big butts are not only the most intelligent, but also the most resistant to chronic illnesses.
The study examined the fat accumulated in different parts of a woman’s body, and found that women with a phat ass were less likely to get diabetes, since they are more likely to produce hormones to metabolize sugar.
What’s more, women with big booties tended to have lower levels of cholesterol and fewer heart problems, according to the study.
We translated the Fafhoo Noticas report:
Women with a big butt, wide hips and a narrow waist can live longer, and even be more intelligent, since the Omega 3 fats stored in their butts support brain development.
Mas…Oxford: Big butt women are smarter, healthier *UPDATED w/ VIDEO
Lalo Alcaraz and Al Madrigal: Dia de los Muertos on Latino USA (audio)
POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz and POCHO Migrant Editor Al Madrigal discuss the Day of the Dead on NPR’s Latino USA.
Tia Lencha’s Cocina explains El Dia de Los Muertos for you pochos
Happy Day of the Dead! Is Tia Lencha here. Many people ask me questions about Dia de Los Muertos. I answer the questions today.
Question numero one: Tia Lencha wass this Dia de los Muertos? Is it the Mexican Halloween?
Gwell, kind of, I say. Except that the Day of the Dead celebrations come from the indigenous pagan rituals that trace back 2,500 to 3,000 years ago. Way before Duane Reade sold Halloween candy.
Question numero two: Tia Lencha, wassup with the calaveras (“skulls” for you pochos)?
Bueno, before Jesus came along, people used to keep skulls of their loved ones (and maybe not so loved ones) as trophies. They showed off the skulls during the rituals as symbols of death and rebirth. Kind of heavy, no? I never say my history was all tequila shots and tacos.
Also, calaveras can be short poems, like epitaphs like to mock your friends. Like you can make fun of them on their tombstones. Like for mijo’s daddy, I wrote a calavera about him call “Oscar Meyer” because he like to stick his weenie ebrywhere! He no think it was so funny.
Mas…Tia Lencha’s Cocina explains El Dia de Los Muertos for you pochos
Playing with your food is fun on Dia de Los Muertos (video)
Someone — maybe you — will watch this weird stop motion animation Dias De Los Muertos by Scott Renk and say, “Some people have too much time on their hands” to which we say, “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently…”
@SaraChicaD: Does this Halloween costume make me look racist? (video)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews, Sara Inés Calderón (@SaraChicaD on the Twitter), has some Halloween costume do’s and dont’s for tonight’s festivities.
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Star Wars meets Dia de Los Muertos in these drawings (toons)
José Pulido created these Star Wars drawings in the style of the Day of the Dead art: Link – via Boing Boing
Mas…Star Wars meets Dia de Los Muertos in these drawings (toons)
Momo Rodriguez: Growing up Mexican on Halloween (video)
“Mom, I wanna be Batman!” “¿Que, mijo?”
Happy Birthday, Dear Papi, Happy Birthday to You! (video)
So cute it hurts — a little girl from Miami makes a birthday video for her dad. Thanks for the besitos!
Thanks to Latina.com for the link.
‘To the Bone’ explores the lives of migrant farmworkers (video)
A pre-teen migrant farmworker attempts to rebel against the status quo with unintended consequences for herself and her family. Both a coming-of-age story and a window into the world of child migrant farmworkers in the U.S., To the Bone is an intimate film about one family that represents the struggles of so many. Starring Naomie Feliu, Jaime Alvarez, Carlos C. Torres, Maria Elena Laas, Eliezer Ortiz. Directed by Erin Li.
Niña learns that in the Land of the Dead, the dead can dance (video)
A niña goes to the cemetery to tend her mom’s grave for Dia de Los Muertos, and gets sucked underground into the Land of the Dead. Will she ever be the same?
Jarina De Marco for Halloween: ‘I Put A Spell on You’ (NSFW video)
Jarina De Marco reinvents Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ I Put A Spell On You, santeria style, in Spanglish. [NSFW language, F-bomb.]
Contrast and compare with the original Screamin’ Jay version:
Mas…Jarina De Marco for Halloween: ‘I Put A Spell on You’ (NSFW video)
The movie audience yelled ‘Girl, don’t open that Loteria box!’ (video)
In retrospect, she should never have opened that buried box of Loteria cards she found at the beach. But it’s too late now!
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