SW U.S. part of Mexico

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The Absolut vodka company has apologized for an ad campain that showed the southwestern United States as part of Mexico. The ad, used only in Mexico, shows a map of the Americas prior to the war of 1848, with California and the Southwest as part of Mexico. After a campaign by conservative U.S. blogers, Absolut apologized last week, saying the ad was not intended "to offend or disparage" the U.S. but simply to recall "a time which the population of Mexico might feel was more ideal."