Chumel Torres

José Manuel "Chumel" Torres Morales;[1] 7 May 1982) is a Mexican comedian and YouTuber.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Morales.
Chumel Torres
Torres in 2015
Born
José Manuel Torres Morales

(1982-05-07) 7 May 1982
Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico
NationalityMexican
OccupationComedian, 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]

gollark: It may not be a massive amount, but it's *there*, and if possible I don't want to spend it on useless stuff, so I don't.
gollark: 1/20th of my available time awake.
gollark: It's a 20th of my available waking time. It's something, and quite a lot.
gollark: I mean, actually, there might be sound decision-theoretic reasons for a hell, but I don't think those are generally brought up and may not really work well.
gollark: To maintain long-term productivity you *need* to get a reasonable amount of sleep.

References
  1. "Titular de la SEP responde así a crítica de 'Chumel' Torres" (in Spanish). Reporte Índigo. December 15, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "MTV MIAW 2017 | ¡Todas las categorías y nominados! | MTV America Latina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2018-10-22.


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