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“Ridiculous”: Development aid funded 100,000 paper cups featuring Nicaraguan villagers

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Development aid funded the production of 100,000 paper cups featuring portraits of residents of El Coyolar, a village in Nicaragua.
  • Critics described the project as “ridiculous” and “insane,” while its organizer rejected the criticism.

Development aid helped produce 100,000 paper cups printed with portraits of residents of El Coyolar, a “coffee village” in Nicaragua.

Pedro, Antonio and Susana are three of the 10 villagers whose portraits appeared on thousands of the cups.

Ridiculous

· CriticsCriticism of the decision to use development aid for the paper cups.

The use of aid money has drawn sharp criticism. The project has been called “ridiculous” and “insane,” but the man behind it has rejected those accusations.

Insane

· CriticsA second description used by critics of the aid-funded project.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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