Chumel Torres
Chumel Torres | |
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.jpg) Torres in 2015 | |
| Born | José Manuel Torres Morales 7 May 1982 Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, YouTuber |
Chumel Torres (born José Manuel Torres Morales;[1] 7 May 1982) is a Mexican comedian and YouTuber.
Early life and education
Torres was born on 7 May 1982 in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua,[2][3] and graduated from Mechanical Engineering at the Chihuahua Institute of Technology.[2][3] He worked for eight years in project management of a maquiladora of medical equipment in Chihuahua.[3][4]
Career
Torres first gained notoriety during the 2012 Mexican general election, after he wrote a tweet about a proposal by one of the then-presidential candidates, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which was retweeted by another presidential candidate, Gabriel Quadri.[2][4] This led him to be offered the opportunity to write columns for a blog and a weekly newspaper in Mexico City. After spending some time in the capital, he realized he would rather reach younger and more tech-savvy audiences through a YouTube series, featuring humor with a prominent theme of political satire, focusing on Latin America, specifically Mexico.[5] He says that he will never move to mainstream television channels to keep his fan base and to prevent being called a "sell out".[5]
Torres says he will not report on stories about drug lords out of fear of lawsuits or murder.[5]
He hosted the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards.[6]
References
- ^ "Titular de la SEP responde así a crítica de 'Chumel' Torres" (in Spanish). Reporte Índigo. December 15, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ a b c Trejo, Elena (4 September 2012). "Tuitero chihuahuense se 'cuela' a evento" [Twitterer from Chihuahua 'sneaks' into event]. El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Aldea Digital: 10 conferencias que no te puedes perder" [Digital Village: 10 conferences that you can not miss]. UN1ÓN Cancún (in Spanish). 10 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ a b Rodríguez Labastida, Javier (2017). "El ingeniero tuitero que se hizo estrella de YouTube" [The Twitter engineer who became a YouTube star]. Entrepreneur (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Tuckman, Jo (2015-08-28). "El Pulso de la Republica: meet Chumel Torres, Mexico's answer to Jon Stewart". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "MTV MIAW 2017 | ¡Todas las categorías y nominados! | MTV America Latina" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-22.