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Mexican Teenager on Hunger Strike for Royal Wedding Invitation
February 17, 2011 by Julito Varela
Estibalis Chavez
Maybe the TOP GEAR story IS getting a little out of control.
Reports out of Australia today described the plight of 19-year-old Estibalis Chávez, who has set up a tent in front of the British Embassy in Mexico City and has gone on a hunger strike with the hope of getting invited to the royal wedding. According to reports, Chávez, who is in the ninth of her hunger strike, also said that getting a royal wedding invitation would make up for the TOP GEAR episode on January 30, when co-host Richard Hammond called Mexicans “lazy,” “flatulent,” and “feckless.”
As the report states:
A photo of Chávez includes a sign she made in Spanish which reads:
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