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While the election of Vicente Fox was seen as a major step in Mexico's move out of the third world, the cycle has been completed with the arrival of Paris Hilton. Our international operative reports:

Paris Hilton has been invading our country for the last week, first doing MTV's Spring Break shows in Cancun, and now in Mexico City to promote her fragrance. She had scheduled an interview with Late-Night show "Otro Rollo" (the only Letterman/Leno-esque show in Mexico). At 12:00 a.m. exactly, host Adal Ramones announced Paris Hilton. The waiting turned into 30 minutes when he finally stated that after 10 years on-air (and guests such as Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz, Bon Jovi, Will Smith, and other celebrities who are actually famous for something), this was the first star that had failed to appear. He said he didn't want to blame "Paris directly, maybe it was a confusion caused by her people, but it has now been reported to us that she is at a bar, attending a party that was being given for her."

The skanky socialite snub makes it official. Welcome to the hell of Westernization, amigos!
[Image via La Jornada]