Politics is vetoed in Mexican comedy: Derbez

Politics is vetoed from comedy on Mexican TV, according to comedian Eugenio Derbez, who has some personal recollections about it.

“We have arrived with ideas, but currently everything dealing with politics is vetoed. I tried to bring 'Saturday Night Live' (to Mexico) and one of the reasons why it wasn't done it's because a part of it dealt with politics," expressed Derbez.

The idea to create a local version of "SNL," which deals with President Barack Obama in the same wave as ISIS and dead Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez was met with "total censorship" and caused a lot of frustration to Derbez.

"I no longer live in Mexico, but I go there often, and it's very sad to feel that there is no longer freedom of expression and you cannot longer say the same things on TV," he said.

He points out that his interview with Univision about the 43 students who disappeared in dubious circumstances in Ayotzinapa last year has caused the Tax Ministry of Mexico to act against him.

"What can I say? It is regrettable to see a government agency being used like that," he said.