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Mel Gibson meets Guatemala's president


(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-15 11:59





In this photo released by Presidential Press Office, Guatemala's
President Oscar Berger, left,
speaks to U.S. actor Mel Gibson at the national palace in Guatemala City,
Monday, Aug. 13, 2007.[AP]

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Mel Gibson dined with Guatemala's president and admired Mayan murals in
the capital's cultural palace after a weekend jungle visit.

The 51-year-old actor-director visited the Palace of Culture on Monday,
where President Oscar Berger showed him contemporary murals portraying
aspects of Mayan life and the Spanish conquest.

Afterward, the two men had lunch at the presidential palace.

Gibson has visited the country many times as a tourist, said Krista
Kepfer, a spokeswoman for Berger.

"He is very interested in Guatemala as a tourist destination and in the
culture," she said.

Over the weekend, Gibson visited the Mayan ruins of El Mirador deep in
the northern Peten jungle, Kepfer said.

The visit was private and neither Gibson nor Berger made any statements
to the news media.

Gibson, 51, starred in the "Lethal Weapons" movies and directed of "The
Passion of The Christ" and "Apocalypto." He won best director and best
picture Oscars in 1996 for "Braveheart."

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