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Mayor of Mexico’s (City of) Guanajuato slams low-spending tourists
AP News ^
| 22 November 2018
Posted on 11/23/2018 5:27:41 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
MEXICO CITY (AP) The mayor of Mexicos quaint colonial city of Guanajuato has taken a drubbing after he criticized low-spending tourists, saying, We want the type of visitor who spends more. Mayor Alejandro Navarro said this week that tourists from nearby Mexican cities often arrive in cheap bus tour packages, bringing their own food. He blamed them for creating trash and traffic problems.
Social media users quickly mocked Navarro, posting fake road signs reading Welcome to Guanajuato, no food or beverage allowed. By Wednesday, Navarro was forced to post a taped apology on his Twitter account, saying, Everyone is welcome ... it is not my intention to offend anyone. The old colonial mining town is known for its narrow, twisting streets, imposing stone buildings and a yearly arts festival.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chat; enemy; guanajuato; hypocrisy; localnews; mexico; mummies
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This is MAJOR news in Mexico. He has insulted all of the masses who regularly visit Guanajuato as not being good enough to come and visit the town. There is a MAJOR eruption on social media and all I can find is the TINY story by AP news.
This Mayor Alejandro Navarro epitomizes the attitude of Mexico's elite towards its own poor people. This Mayor of Guanajuato has insulted the vast majority of Mexicans in his own country by only wanting high-spending tourists to come to Guanajuato. This is HUGE news in Mexico about this ugly discrimination against the poor. Yet, Mexico wants US to accept all of their poor and say nothing about how they don't contribute to OUR society and only cause problems.
This is the essence of proof of the hypocrisy of the ruling elites in Mexico toward the immigration problem. They don't want their own poor causing them problems at home. They want them to come here, make money, send it back and later become a problem for us HERE. Trump needs to jump on this.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Never heard of it. Where exactly is it? What is the cuisine like?
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:30:23 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Guilty as charged.
I spent 2-3 nights in Guanajuato with my son about 10 years ago. We lived well, best hotels, restaurants, etc.
But it still was a cheap couple of days.
Go there if you can. A magical city.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:30:42 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Mayor Alejandro Navarro said this week that tourists from nearby Mexican cities often arrive in cheap bus tour packages, bringing their own food. He blamed them for creating trash and traffic problems. Social media users quickly mocked Navarro, posting fake road signs reading Welcome to Guanajuato, no food or beverage allowed.
I don't blame him for complaining about something petty like this, the alternative is to complain about drug cartel murders and then get real dead.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:31:04 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: Lazamataz
Here is an outstanding video of news service making complete fun of this guy. I don't have time to translate right now. It is screaming hilarious:
Click here.
If you could understand Spanish, you would be crying at how funny their mockery is of Alejandro Navarro.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:31:17 PM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:31:56 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Could send a horde of Hondurans to your town.
Heard they were big spenders.
Or was that offenders?
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:32:10 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Mr. Mayor...
We don’t want your tourists at all.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It's a 3D or 4D city
Totally worth making the effort to go there. It's the birthplace of Mexican independence. I stayed in an hotel on the park in lower right.
The Mexicans think about Guanajuato the way we think about Valley Forge or Plymouth Rock.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:35:41 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
The mayor doesn’t want folks going there who are going to spend a fortune. My wife is upset about his comments and she rarely gets upset about any of this mess, ever.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:38:40 PM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: billorites
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:41:10 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
The good news is that no Mexican mayor need worry about me being a “low-spending tourist”.I've never set foot in Mexico and I never,ever will in the future.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:41:32 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Guanajuato”
Southeast of Leon. North of Mexico City.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Man up and double down. And stop apologizing.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:55:37 PM PST
by
Ge0ffrey
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Beautiful city. Highly recommended.
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:56:34 PM PST
by
Ge0ffrey
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I don't know if the problem is the same in Mexico as it is in the Caribbean. I just came back from a two-week Caribbean cruise. I'd intended to buy some things at the island stops, but why? Almost all of the goods were "made in India" or "made in China" with the name of the Island printed on it. Anything nice was what I could get in the US, and not priced any better. Cuisine? Except for some rum drinks, not much locally produced or native foods were available. Net purchases....native passion fruit juice and a nip of Curacao rum and some bananas in Curacao. A dish of ice cream in St Martaan's
Actually, they did me a favor. That was a grand total of $12 spent!
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posted on
11/23/2018 5:57:45 PM PST
by
grania
("You don't give power to an angry left wing mob")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What is the cuisine like? Apparently the consensus is, pack a lunch. 8>)
To: billorites
Seems like a very nice city that has kept its older areas of the city nicely preserved.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
There ya go! These ‘’migrants’’ are really tourists!
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posted on
11/23/2018 7:35:10 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/23/2018 7:38:25 PM PST
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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