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    Mexico official fired for saying poor smell bad

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican anti-poverty official has been fired after posting a comment on social media sites suggesting that poor people smell bad.

    Mexico's anti-poverty agency says Carlos Talavera has been fired as director of outreach brigades in the western city of Uruapan after a Facebook posting of his was re-tweeted on social media sites.

    The original comment appears to describe an event attended by poor people and reads roughly "truth is this smells impressively bad, poor things."

    The social development department said Tuesday that it "roundly condemns" Talavera's comment.

    Talavera also apologized on his Facebook account, saying "I accept my error."

    About 47 million of Mexico's 112 million people live in poverty.

     
    • APEX-ROGUE  •  5 mths ago
      "About 47 million of Mexico's 112 million people live in poverty."
      AND WE'RE CATCHIN' UP.
      • Danny 5 mths ago
        it is probably closer to 3/4ths of them live in poverty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and yes we r catchin up way to fast thanks to those that we have elected to run our country..........
      • Down River Lakota 5 mths ago
        OMG.....O bama.....M ust.....G o, Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
      • Riles 5 mths ago
        yes cause a couple million of them are over here, thanks to our wonderful Govnt.
    • P-47 THUNDERBOLT  •  5 mths ago
      The poor people smell bad? He's a little late on that one. Harry Reid said pretty much the same thing about the American citizens visiting the capitol building. Remember that one?
      • RUDOLF 5 mths ago
        No.
      • Robert 5 mths ago
        Me either. Too young maybe.
      • John 5 mths ago
        Who's that
    • Timbalero  •  5 mths ago
      Crooked Mexican Officials really smell bad.
      • ATR 5 mths ago
        how about white republicans, so much for their christian views. bunch of hipocrats
      • MOMMIE AND ME 5 mths ago
        HAHAHA I KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS .... !
      • MOMMIE AND ME 5 mths ago
        WHO
    • Dasoldier  •  5 mths ago
      How many idiots have lost their job tweeting and using facebook. Facebook and twitter should have a warning sign..."Not for idiots"
      • Centurion A 5 mths ago
        If not for idiots, facebook and twatter would not exist.
      • AA 5 mths ago
        But this is a secure site.
    • RamakrishnaV  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  5 mths ago
      Talavera is not a politician.Otherwise he would have said everybody smells like roses.
    • Silence Dogood  •  Los Angeles, California  •  5 mths ago
      He should come to LA and get a wiff of some of the homeless out here.
      • patrick 5 mths ago
        LA is kind of rough.
      • Silence Dogood 5 mths ago
        Philly isn't exactly paradise.
      • Enrique 5 mths ago
        They're not homeless, they're just protesters.
    • Squadman  •  5 mths ago
      They don't smell any worse than the US congress
    • Troy  •  Fitzgerald, Georgia  •  5 mths ago
      Hundreds of mexicans killed by the gun sales to drug cartels by our DOJ and nothing is said, but tell a poor peon they smell bad and an offical gets fired, what a goverment they have in Mexico,I'm still wondering why the Mexicans hasn't at least questioned the Obama Adminstration about the gun sales.Or was the Mexican goverment part of the plan?Now money laundering on top of gun sales,no wonder the cartels just get bigger,with both goverments are helping them grow Mexican and the USA.
    • Mark™  •  San Diego, California  •  5 mths ago
      Reading the F**ked up comments is always better than the story. I always LMAO!
    • Emily  •  Highlands, North Carolina  •  5 mths ago
      Well, he IS supposed to be ANTI-poverty...
    • Shay  •  5 mths ago
      You have to be careful what you post on FaceBook. Even people in the U.S. get fired for posts - sad, but true...
    • III  •  5 mths ago
      Mexico is the 13th largest economy in the world [moving fast to 12 thanks to NAFTA and the illegal immigration], it has a whopping 5.4% unemployment, the richest man on the planet is from Mexico, and all 20% of entire Mexico population who live here illegally account for their country MEXICO's wealth by remittances which comes in 2nd just under oil. They have excellent agriculture, trades and minerals to boot but the remittances top them,
    • PORSCHE GUY  •  Miami, Florida  •  5 mths ago
      I thought only white guys got fired for speaking the truth
    • Telling It Like It Is 200 ...  •  5 mths ago
      So what? This is true!!!! The poor usually DO smell bad. Things like soap and hot water actually cost money that some people don't have. It's just too bad that some schmuck had to lose his job just because he stated the obvious.
    • Get real, people!  •  Herndon, Virginia  •  5 mths ago
      That's usually what happens when you don't have access to a bathing facility on a regular basis. How is that their fault?
    • Enrique  •  5 mths ago
      Have any of you ever drove down to Mexico before... when I'm driving through San Diego the air is fine and dandy... then you cross into TJ and it literally smells like your driving into a toilet with a hint of smog.
    • Zaraki  •  Fort Wayne, Indiana  •  5 mths ago
      I am poor but I shower everyday and use a good minty toothpaste...
    • Robert  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  5 mths ago
      Like the old joke - But sir, the peasants are revolting.

      Yes they are, and they smell too.
    • scorching rod  •  5 mths ago
      It smells to be honest, it stinks to tell the truth!
    • Swamy  •  5 mths ago
      PC police in Mexico, odd?
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