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Jolie to Colombian refugees: “The world hasn’t forgotten you”
1:06 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities|Colombia|Costa Rica · Comments Off
27 Dec 2006
Angelina Jolie and her bf Brad Pitt spent the holidays in Costa Rica, visiting some displaced Colombian refugees and handing out gifts in the name of the U.N.:
Dressed in white and sporting a bright blue UNHCR baseball cap, Jolie called for more awareness of the plight of refugees around the world.“It is especially shocking that such a tragedy can go on, year after year, with the rest of the world paying so little attention to it,” she said in the Costa Rican capital San Jose, according to the U.N. agency.
The Central American country is home to an estimated 10,000 Colombian refugees.
“My Christmas message to Colombian refugees and to the millions of displaced people in Colombia is that the world has not totally forgotten them,” Jolie said.
Whether these celeb visits are just good PR for the stars or actual humanitarian work is up for debate, but if anything it’s good that the media eyes that are constantly following Angie and Brad are also — at least momentarily — focused on the plight of these refugees.
Via / Yahoo! News
Image Boris Heger/UNHCR/Handout/Reuters
Chavez Says Bush is the Devil
1:40 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics|Venezuela · 4 Comments
20 Sep 2006
Today was Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez‘s turn to speak at the United Nations General Assembly and not surprisingly his statements have pissed people off. He called U.S. President Bush “the devil” and said the the room still smelled of sulfur. Chavez then proceeded to do the sign of the cross on himself. The speech went on to talk about the U.S. as an imperial power. Chavez’s speech garnered applause from the audience, which included only a low level U.S. Diplomat.
Are people really surprised or shocked by Chavez’s spoken word style? Is he really saying anything that he hasn’t said before? How much of the U.S. media’s reaction to Chavez’s statement has to do with the cultural differences between U.S. and Latin American style politics and politicians?
Via / CNEWS
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