Stop Mercenary 2 video game.
The Mercenary 2 video game was developed by Pandemic Studios
of California. The game's theme is:
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™ is an explosive open-world
action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world.
A power-hungry tyrant messes with Venezuela's oil supply,
sparking an invasion that turns the country into a warzone.
One may think, this is only a game. But Pandemic Studios
also develops training videos for the US military. This game
can be used to help visualize how Venezuela can become a "war-torn
world", and that is something we, as Venezuelans, can't
accept. The Bolivarian Circle of Boston has been part of the
campaign to stop the release of this video game, together
with the National Venezuelan Solidarity Network.
The campaign has concentrated its efforts on reaching one
of the large investors in Pandemic Studios, Bono from the
rock band U2. Bono, through his investment company Elevation
Partners, has invested $300 million in Pandemic Studios. We
believe that Bono would not want his name associated with
such violent product or that, at the very least, he can demand
that Pandemic do a re-design of the game. So that no similarity
to Venezuela is used in the game.
Presently we are seeking religious leaders and private citizens
to sign a letter to send to Bono.
If you would like to take part in this campaign, please click
the link: http://www.vensolidarity.org/
Simon Bolivar statue in Boston-
All the major US cities, and other cities in the world, have
a statue of Simon Bolivar, except Boston. We aim to change
this. Our Circle is working within the community to find the
right location for the statue and then to lobby the city government
to install the statue.
If you would like to help us in this effort, please send
an e-mail to: cbmlkboston@hotmail.com
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