Posts Tagged ‘free hugs’
Need a Hug? Ecuador is Giving Them Away!
8:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Bizarro|Ecuador|Funny · Comments Off
15 Aug 2008Maybe it’s the New Yorker in me, but I generally don’t like hugging strangers, especially strange gringo tourists but the Free Hug movement went to Ecuador and seem to be well received even if their background hugging it out theme music is questionable (as in I hate it).
Via / Global Voices and Cobertura Digital
Free Hugs in Latin America
12:37 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Internet|Latin America|World · Comments Off
10 Nov 2006
The hottest video on YouTube right now is a clip called “Free Hugs Campaign“ in which a man who calls himself “Juan Mann” advertises via a posterboard that he’s giving out free hugs. Some people take him up on the offer, but eventually he’s asked to leave by the authorities. The video has been viewed nearly 6 million times and its message has gone around the world. Now, people in other countries are taking up Juan’s hugging initiative and are offering free hugs. Following are a few examples of “Abrazos Gratis” campaigns in Latin America (more after the jump):
Peru:
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