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Posted on 05/19/2025 3:20:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Mexican authorities are extremely restrictive when it comes to access to ancient Aztec, Mayan and other archaeological sites. Since COVID, the pyramids have been cordoned off and access to them prohibited.
However, and as is typical with the Mexican malinchismo (a term used for locals who give preferential treatment to foreigners), MrBeast was granted unfettered access not only to the pyramids themselves but also permission to enter areas millions of Mexicans have never seen.
“I can’t believe the government’s letting us do this,” he said. “Nobody gets to go where we’re going,” he said inside one of the pyramids. He can’t believe it, nor can any other Mexican. His exclusive access, obviously, prompted criticism from several users who complained that MrBeast had been in areas very few had ever visited.
Now, Mexico’s National Archaeological and History Institute (INAH) is angry that MrBeast is using his trips to the ancient Mayan cities to advertise his chocolate snacks, as seen in minute 13:25 of his video where he promotes his snack as “special Mayan dessert, the brand new Feastable peanut butter cups,” covered with chocolate.
The video of the social media celebrity visiting Maya ruins has been viewed around 613 million times since 10 May on YouTube, where he has 395 million subscribers. In the video titled “I Explored 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Temples,” the influencer explores the ancient Maya cities in south-eastern Mexico, including Calakmul and Chichén Itzá.
On Wednesday Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, requested an investigation into why the YouTuber was granted exclusive access and under which terms and conditions, as if she didn’t know.
‘Pleased,’ but not really
The INAH said that Mexico is “pleased that YouTubers and all the world’s young people appreciate the value of our indigenous civilisations,” however, it added, “we strongly condemn those who take advantage.”
The permit issued to MrBeasts’ production company, Full Circle Media, does not contemplate permission for the “use of the image of the archaeological sites for the advertising of commercial brands for private profit,” the INAH added.
Mexico is “demanding compensation for damages and a public retraction, due to noncompliance with the terms,” the INAH said.
In Mérida, the capital of Yucatán state, where Chichén Itzá is located, several residents expressed their disapproval of the access given to the YouTuber.
“Restrictions and regulations should apply to everyone: domestic tourists, foreign visitors, as well as us locals,” said tour guide Jose Elias Aguayo, 53.
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What damages?
If he knocked over a stone or something, I can see them claiming damages.
Obviously Mr. Beast bribed somebody bigly.
Mr. Beast shows Meghan Markle how it’s done. Plus, he likely greased the right palms.
Of the Yucatan Sheinbaums? I'll bet they go way back in Mexican history. /s
If you call $550 million dollars worthless.
Just wait until Pennypacker finds out about this.
those little kids playing with slime and play-doh on youtube must make their parents millions of $$$’s.
Some have millions of subscribers..
Montezuma’s revenge revenge.
Deep inside the. pyramid at Chichin Itza, at the end of a cramped narrow passage, is a jaguar carved of softly polished ted stone with sparkling jade-green eyes. For all the trouble of getting there to stand before it, cramped and bent down in a small chamber, the moment is truly magical.
“malinchismo (a term used for locals who give preferential treatment to foreigners”
This is incorrect. This is a term for a tourist with enough money to brine the locals. It has nothing to do with locals giving “preferential treatment to foreigners.”
Deep inside the. pyramid at Chichin Itza, at the end of a cramped narrow passage, is a jaguar carved of softly polished ted stone with sparkling jade-green eyes. For all the trouble of getting there to stand before it, cramped and bent down in a small chamber, the moment is truly magical.
“Ted” = red.
This is incorrect. This is a term for a tourist with enough money to brine the locals. It has nothing to do with locals giving “preferential treatment to foreigners.”\
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I hate when they brine me. It’s a real pickle. 80)
Dona Marina was a captive princess gifted to Hernan Cortez by the Toltecs. Known as La Malinche, she served as his translator and helped him overcome the Aztecs. Her remembrance among the Mexicans is ambiguous. Having also been Cortez’s mistress and giving him a child, she is celebrated as being the mother of the Mestiizo race. For generations afterward, she was regarded almost as Mother Mary, one who could intercede for the oppressed. Morel lately, however, she is seen as a cultural traitor who betrayed her people for the Spainards.
Then In The Distance, I Heard The Bulls. I Began Running As Fast As I Could. Fortunately, I Was Wearing My Italian Cap Toe Oxfords.
That sounds magical! Wow.
What is ‘ted stone’?
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