Taco Bell moves back into Mexico - There, its tacos are called tacostadas (2 funny)

“It sounds like a fast-food grudge match: Taco Bell is taking on the homeland of its namesake by reopening for the first time in 15 years in Mexico.

Defenders of Mexican culture see the chain’s re-entry as a crowning insult to a society already overrun by U.S. chains from Starbucks and Subway to Kentucky Fried Chicken.

“It’s like bringing ice to the Arctic,” complained pop culture historian Carlos Monsivais.”

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