Charro Days ambassador to arrive in Brownsville
Mr. Amigo recipients:
2011: Arath de la Torre
2010: Carlos Cuevas
2009: Vicente Fernandez Jr.
2008: Eugenio Derbez, replaced with Jose Sulaiman
2007: Angelica Vale
2006: Lucero
2005: Sergio Bustamante
2004: Lolita Ayala
2003: Dulce
2002: Aida Cuevas
2001: Cesar Costa
2000: Jorge Muñiz
1999: Silvia Pinal Hidalgo
1998: Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
1997: Alberto Vasquez
1996: Angelica Maria
1995: Jose Manuel Mijares
1994: Maria Victoria
1993: Lucha Villa
1992: Daniela Romo
1991: Gustavo Petricioli
1990: Veronica Castro
1989: Ernesto Alonso
1988: Jorge Rivero
1987: Lucia Mendez
1986: Marco Antonio Muñiz
1985: Emmanuel
1984: Jose Jose
1983: Juan Gabriel
1982: Jorge Cardenas Gonzalez
1981: Roberto Cantoral
1980: Carlos Gomez Barrera
1979: Lola Beltran
1978: David Reynoso
1977: Vicente Fernandez
1976: Armando Manzanero
1975: Tito Guizar
1974: Pedro Vargas
1973: Raul Velasco
1972: Felipe Zambrano
1971: Alejandro Garza Laguera
1970: Manuel A. Ravize
1969: Jorge Perez Bouras
1968: Praxedis Balboa
1967: Jose F. Muguerza
1966: Jose Vivanco
1965: Mario Moreno "Cantinflas"
1964: Miguel Aleman
Source: Mr. Amigo Association
MR. AMIGO APPEARANCES
Wednesday
2 p.m. Arrival ceremony at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport.
3:30 p.m. Mayor’s reception at Cueto Building.
6 p.m. Charro Days Inc.
Thursday
10 a.m. Hands Across the Border U.S.-Mexico ceremony at Gateway International Bridge.
11 a.m. UTB-TSC Mr. Amigo welcoming festivities at the Student Union.
3 p.m. BISD Children’s Parade starting at Charro Days Grandstand on Elizabeth Street.
6:30 p.m. Noche Mexicana at Amigoland Events Center.
7 p.m. Mr. Amigo President’s Costume Ball at the Brownsville Events Center.
Friday
8:30 a.m. Media Day press conference at the Staybridge Hotel & Suites.
9:30 a.m. Official visit to the Cameron County Courthouse.
11 a.m. Official visit to the Brownsville Police Department.
Noon City of Brownsville Luncheon at Brownsville Events Center
6 p.m. Charro Days Illuminated Parade guest of honor on Elizabeth Street.
8 p.m. Mr. Amigo Awards Banquet at the Brownsville Events Center.
Saturday
Noon Charro Days Grand International Parade on Elizabeth Street.
Arath de la Torre, the young Mexican actor who has been named Mr. Amigo, arrives in Brownsville today to join in Charro Days festivities.
De la Torre, whom the Mr. Amigo Association visited in Mexico City to officially bestow the title, said he was honored that his work was able to play a role in strengthening ties between the U.S. and Mexico, and between Brownsville and Matamoros.
Eliseo Davila, president of the Mr. Amigo Association, said de la Torre was given a medal and received the title as the 47th Mr. Amigo on Feb. 1 at the Office of Exterior Relations in Mexico City.
“We had a great time in Mexico,” he said recently. “We got to meet Arath de la Torre, and we learned that he is truly an extraordinary person. He is very polite, and he is very honored to have received this title. We are all very happy to have chosen him as Mr. Amigo."
“Arath is going through the best time in his professional career and in a couple of days we will have him here with us in our own Valley,” he said.
Davila mentioned that during their stay in Mexico, the Mr. Amigo group visited the Televisa sets and met and mingled with the cast of “Una Familia con Suerte,” the telenovela in which de la Torre stars as the character Pancho Lopez. The last episode of the show will air Saturday.
“We will be hosting the Mr. Amigo festivities for Arath on Thursday, Feb. 23, and Friday, Feb. 24, at the Brownsville Events Center,” Davila said. “The festivities will include a gala dinner, typical Mexican costumes and much more. Tony Martinez, mayor of Brownsville, and other distinguished guests will be in attendance.”
