Uruguay here:
* The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Mate, most likely. It is a version of tea drink and prepared with particular implements. It is fairly common, regardless of social status, to the point most people don't object to people drinking it in class or work.
* The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Cacho de la Cruz. You can see it as our version of Krusty the Clown. His show (Cacho Bochinche) was on the air for like 30 years. Another example is Petinatti, who is a radio host with quite an audience.
* The company everybody hates.
Most public companies (ANTEL, UTE, etc...) The most important service providers in Uruguay are publicly managed, and some have a monopolistic grip on the market. That means they get to set the terms to their liking and the guilds are exorbitantly powerful, yet the people has little control over it.
* The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
"Huge" could be an exaggeration, since they are still local; but the biggest, trashiest newspapers in Uruguay are El Pais and La Republica. Both are so heavily influenced by political parties that they border on yellow journalism.
* The universally beloved family comic.
I don't think we have one. We are familiar with many comics from other countries (like Mafalda, Garfield), but there are few Uruguayan productions that are both universally known and beloved.
* That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
Cacho Bochinche (see above)
* The candy/cookie/etc. that's so famous it's doesn't even feel like product placement to mention it on TV.
Mate, most likely. It is a version of tea drink and prepared with particular implements. It is fairly common, regardless of social status, to the point most people don't object to people drinking it in class or work.
* The entertainer who is super-famous, but pretty much unknown in all other countries.
Cacho de la Cruz. You can see it as our version of Krusty the Clown. His show (Cacho Bochinche) was on the air for like 30 years. Another example is Petinatti, who is a radio host with quite an audience.
* The company everybody hates.
Most public companies (ANTEL, UTE, etc...) The most important service providers in Uruguay are publicly managed, and some have a monopolistic grip on the market. That means they get to set the terms to their liking and the guilds are exorbitantly powerful, yet the people has little control over it.
* The trashiest newspaper that's huge saleswise.
"Huge" could be an exaggeration, since they are still local; but the biggest, trashiest newspapers in Uruguay are El Pais and La Republica. Both are so heavily influenced by political parties that they border on yellow journalism.
* The universally beloved family comic.
I don't think we have one. We are familiar with many comics from other countries (like Mafalda, Garfield), but there are few Uruguayan productions that are both universally known and beloved.
* That kids' show with a grown man in a fursuit that everybody watched as kids.
Cacho Bochinche (see above)
