Burger King has offended Mexico’s Ambassador to Spain because of a new ad campaign running in that country for a product called the “Texican Whopper”. Ambassador Jorge Zermeno wrote to Burger King in Spain to denounce what he called “denigration” of the Mexican flag.
“This advertisement denigrates the image of our country and uses improperly Mexico’s national flag,” Jorge Zermeno wrote in a letter to Burger King in Spain, the Reforma newspaper reported on Monday.
The ambassador contacted the local offices of Burger King after he saw the posters in Spain, Reforma said. The burger is only available in Europe, according to the paper.
Mexico has strict laws prohibiting the defamation of the flag, Zermeno said. He asked Burger King to cancel the ad campaign that “offends Mexicans and Mexico.”
You may have seen recently the TV ad which is part of the campaign..
Created by Ad Agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky, have also been causing an uproar in the U.S. with parents with their ‘SquareButts’ commercial with SpongeBob and Sir Mix-A-Lot. If you missed that master piece you can view it here…
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