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Evo Morales and Oliver Stone Share Some Coca

10:35 am By Maegan La Mala · Bolivia| Movies| Venezuela · Comments Off

14 Jan 2009

441f2964-1fda-4882-bd63-2036cf603638.jpgWhy was Bolivia’s President Evo Morales doing chewing coca leaves and kicking a futbol around with U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone? Talking about their bff Hugo Chavez.

Stone is working on a film about the Venezuelan president and was interviewing Morales.

Also, it just came through the Twittersphere that Morales is cutting diplomatic relations with Israel over what is happening in Gaza. More details as they come in.

Via / The Huffington Post

Oliver Stone fined for violating Cuba “embargo”

12:07 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Cuba| Politics · Comments Off

13 Dec 2006

biz_030418comand.jpgLegendary filmmaker Oliver Stone has been fined $6322 for negotiating goods and/or services with the Cuban government and/or Cuban citizens during the filming of his documentary Looking for Fidel:

The penalty includes IXTLAN Corporation, Stone’s production company, and members of the crew that worked on “Looking for Fidel”, which premiered on HBO in 2004, reports El Nuevo Herald, citing sources “familiar with the case”.

The fine was imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the Department of Treasury, which informed that IXTLAN Corporation has arrived at an agreement to pay the sanction for “violations which occurred during the making of the documentary, between February 2002 and May 2003.”

According to 20 Minutos, OFAC fined Americans violating trade laws with Cuba over $250,000 last year.

Via / 20 Minutos


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