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lunatica

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13. The President of Mexico's name
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 05:07 PM
Sep 2016

His name is Peña Nieto. This is a common mistake Americans make regarding the last name of people from Mexico. The persons last name is as follows:

The person's first last name is his father's last name. The person's second last name is his mother's last name. The President's children have the fist last name of Peña. Their second last name is THEIR mothers name, not the President's mother's name. This makes the mother's last name as important as the father's in a geneological sort of way.

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PeñaOwned [View all] ksoze Sep 2016 OP
Something smells here... FarPoint Sep 2016 #1
I see it quite differently. JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #2
Well that's one way of seeing it. He couldn't have played Trump better than that misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #3
Fish, barrel, etc. JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #4
^ Oh yes misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #5
That must be why Nieto's already abysmal approval rating truebluegreen Sep 2016 #8
He tried. Guess he'll be in damage control from here on. misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #9
He's corrupt so his #s were already tanking, as you say. JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #11
People in Mexico don't read it as truebluegreen Sep 2016 #12
I believe I was referring to Americans.And the American election. JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #17
I just get tired of people who know zip about a subject truebluegreen Sep 2016 #18
I get tired of people getting hysterical JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #19
The President of Mexico's name lunatica Sep 2016 #13
Gosh. truebluegreen Sep 2016 #14
So why do you call him Nieto? lunatica Sep 2016 #15
Shorthand for NoB people. truebluegreen Sep 2016 #16
that is a most interesting, and less upsetting, take on yesterday. niyad Sep 2016 #6
Nieto is a corrupt lying PoS truebluegreen Sep 2016 #7
Either way, the two fools just pwn'd each other misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #10
Yes, well said PatSeg Sep 2016 #20
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