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Hollywood Stars Hayek, Judd Join Nicaragua Youth AIDS Fight

May 8, 2006

On Friday, US actress Ashley Judd and actress Salma Hayek, a native of Mexico, signed a joint declaration with Nicaraguan government officials committing their support for programs to fight HIV/AIDS. The ceremony took place in the office of President Enrique Bolanos. Judd and Hayek were in Managua as part of Central American tour as ambassadors of YouthAIDs, a project of Population Services International, a Washington-based nonprofit. Targeting youth ages 15-24, YouthAIDS uses music and popular culture to spread the message of abstinence, delayed sexual relations, and fidelity and condom use for those sexually active.

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Adapted from:
Agence France Presse
05.05.06

  
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