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==Censorship==
In 1999, the Cartoon Network, ABC and Nickelodeon ceased to air Speedy Gonzales. In an interview with ''Fox News'' on March 28, 2002, Cartoon Network spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg commented, "It hasn't been on the air for years because of its ethnic stereotypes." This is widely believed to refer to Speedy's fellow mice, who are all shown as being very slow and lazy, and sometimes even appear intoxicated.<ref name="caged">{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,48872,00.html |title=Speedy Gonzales Caged by Cartoon Network |accessdate=July 7, 2009 |last=Park |first=Michael Y. |date=March 28, 2002 |publisher=[[FoxNews.com]]}}</ref>
In ''[[Gonzales' Tamales]]'', the town mice instigate a feud between Speedy and [[Sylvester the Cat]] because Speedy has been stealing the hearts of all the females. Much of the dialogue between Mexican characters is in [[English language|English]] and the small amount of [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]] that peppers the dialogue consists of basic greetings, goodbyes, exclamations, and misplaced references to popular Mexican foods. This criticism prompted [[Cartoon Network]] to largely shelve Speedy's films when it gained exclusive rights to broadcast them in 1999. However, fan campaigns to put Speedy back on the air, backed by the [[League of United Latin American Citizens]] saw the shorts return to air from 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=070aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lz8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719,566640&dq=speedy+gonzalez+cartoon+network&hl=en |title=Cartoon Network putting Mexican mouse back in the lineup |accessdate=November 6, 2010 |last=Emling |first=Shelly |date=June 21, 2002 |publisher=''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]''}}</ref> Despite the controversy in the USA, Speedy Gonzales remains a very popular character in Latin America. In Mexico, the Speedy Gonzales show has been on and off part of the regular programing of [[Televisa]]'s [[Canal 5 (Televisa Network)|Canal 5]] national channel ever since it was created, as well as the Mexican Cable children's network [[ZAZ]] where they show a still shot title card of Speedy Gonzalez playing a guitar with the words "Buenas Noches" (Spanish for "good night") when they end their broadcast for the night. {{fact|date=January 2012}} In 2010, a Looney Tunes New Year's Day marathon the [[Cartoon Network]] showed the episode "Mexican Boarders" having both Speedy and Slowpoke.{{fact|date=January 2012}}
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