Tag: Benetton

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 21:00 UTC

  Governor of Argentine province of Río Negro seeks help from federal authorities to fight Mapuche rebels

  

  The Governor of the Argentine province of Río Negro Wednesday requested assistance from the federal administration to cope with increasing violence from so-called Mapuche groups claiming their alleged rights to ancestral lands.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 23:50 UTC

  “It’s a good joke…I’m hoping for a tie for Christmas” from Benetton

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez laughed off a Benetton advertisement that showed him kissing his ideological adversary and US counterpart Barack Obama, admitting that it was a “good joke.”

• Wednesday, November 16th 2011 - 21:01 UTC

  Unhate campaign launches a round of kissing among world leaders

  

  Benetton, the Italian family-controlled clothing empire, looks set to raise a few eyebrows, as it unveiled a new worldwide communication “Unhate” campaign that features political and faith leaders like Pope Benedict XVI, German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez kissing.