El Privilegio de Mandar - Previous Characters

Previous Characters

Some of these characters appeared on the last episode.

• Dolores Latierna – Parody of Dolores Padierna, wife of René Bejarano (see: videoscandals)
• Don Diego (Freddy Ortega) Ref. to Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a Mexican Senator and former PAN Presidential candidate. During his sketches he tends to smoke severely and also in a scene involing the kid versions he was smoking hidding from his parents. The most of the sketches involving him were related to the build of the Carretera del Amor (Love's Highway, an extension he did to a road between two Jalisco towns).
• Dr Simi. Parody to Víctor González Torres, aliased Dr. Simi. Dr. Simi was originally only a character for a famous chain of generic drugstores in Mexico, called Farmacias Similares (Similar Pharmacies), but Víctor G. Torres (the owner of the chain) took the name of the character and tried to register as an alternative candidate to the presidency of Mexico. He is not member of any party. (Late 2005-early 2006)
• Edith González – Parody of actress Edith González. She has been also presented on "La Parodia"
• Ema Pulido. Parody to "Bailando por un sueño" critic.
• Félix Greco. Parody to "Bailando por un Sueño" critic (Only presented two episodes)
• Gober Precioso (Herson Andrade). Also known as Mario de Tin-Marín (referring to the word play to random choices (de tin marin de do pingüe), he is a parody to Mario Marín, Governor of Puebla. He is the chief of government of La Manzana Puebla. The surname "Gober Precisoso" came out as a result of a scandal in which a leaked cell phone conversation revealed a conversation with Kamel Nacif (a suspected child molester and owner of a textile empire) who referred to Mario Marin as his "Gober Precioso" (that is Precious Governor, since 'gober' is a contraction for Governor) and offered him two bottles of cognac, presumably as a bribe to abuse a journalist. The writers in the show used this fact for the basis of the character. (Early 2006)
• Irma (Angélica Vale) – Parody of actress Irma Serrano (Late 2004-Early 2005)
• Kamel Nacif (Pierre Angelo) – He is the owner of a textile empire, and friend of Mario Marín. (Early 2006)
• Mary (Angélica Vale). She was Canti's girlfriend and another inhabitant of Colonia el Relaxo (Late 2004-Mid 2005)
• Montiel (Freddy Ortega). He was PRI's candidate to chief of government for the State of Mexico. In real life, he is the former governor of that state. (Late 2004-Late 2005)
• Nico (Herson Andrade). Parody of Andrés Manuel's chauffeur, controversial in real life for his salary that contrasts with the fact that he drives a cheap car (Nissan Tsuru) for his boss. (Late 2004)
• La Novia de Don Diego (Samia). Parody of Don Diego's girlfriend (Late 2004-Early 2005)
• Ponce (Herson Andrade). Parody to PRD member Gustavo Ponce, (see: videoscandals)
• René Bejarano (Arath de la Torre). He was the parody of René Bejarano, Mexican PRD politician. (see: videoscandals) (Late 2004 - early 2005)
• Roberto Mitsuko. Parody to "Bailando por un sueño" critic.
• Rosario Robles (Angélica Vale). She was chief of government of Mexico City from 1997 to 2000
• Santiago (Pierre Angelo). Represents Santiago Creel, former Secretary of Government who lost the Presidential candidadacy to Felipe Calderón in 2005. (Late 2004-Mid 2005)
• Yeidckol Ref. to Yeidckol Polensky. She was PRD’s candidate for the chief of government in La Manzana Estado de México. She lost in 2005 to Enrique Peña Nieto (Mid 2005 –late 2005)

Characters also include non-Mexican politicians such as George Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger.