The
Human Rights Foundation seems to have issues with American superstar, Mariah
Carey’s two hour performance at a Red Cross Gala on Sunday, December 15, 2013 in
Angola. The glamorous event was sponsored by Unitel, a telecommunications company
owned by Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos
Santos. Jose dos Santos has been President since 1979. According to them, the
President is a dictator and human rights violator. And as such, Mariah Carey shouldn’t
have accepted the offer.
Mariah
Carey was reportedly paid over $1m for her performance.
See
excerpts from the Human Rights Foundation’s statement after the cut:
“Mariah
Carey can’t seem to get enough dictator cash, reportedly more than $1 million
this time. Just five years ago she performed for the family of Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi. Now, she goes from private performances to public displays of
support and credibility for one of Africa’s chief human rights violators and
most corrupt tyrants. It is the sad spectacle of an international artist
purchased by a ruthless police state to entertain and whitewash the
father-daughter kleptocracy that has amassed billions in ill-gotten wealth
while the majority of Angola lives on less than $2 a day."
I
don’t understand how Mariah Carey’s “hustle” affects them. Would the Human
Rights Foundation give her the money if she didn’t accept the offer? I tire!
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