Cameron
Diaz
has
issued
an
apology
after
'insulting'
locals
on
a
visit
to
Peru
by
carrying
a
bag
emblazoned
with
a
communist
slogan.
The
'Shrek'
actress
was
visiting
the
Inca
city
of
Machu
Picchu
on
Friday
using
an
olive
green
bag
with
a
red
star
and
the
words
"Serve
the
People" written
in
Chinese.
The
message
was
seen
by
many
as
a
reference
to
Chinese
Communist
leader
Mao
Zedong.
Zedong's
Maoist
Shining
Path
insurgency
fought
the
Peruvian
government
in
the
1980s
and
early
1990s,
killing
almost
70,000
people.
Human
rights
activists
described
the
actress' bag
as
"inappropriate";
however,
Diaz
has
now
apologized
for
her
ignorance.
She
says,
"I
sincerely
apologize
to
anyone
I
may
have
inadvertently
offended.
The
bag
was
a
purchase
I
made
as
a
tourist
in
China
and
I
did
not
realize
the
potentially
hurtful
nature
of
the
slogan
printed
on
it.
"I'm
sorry
for
any
people's
pain
and
suffering
and
it
was
certainly
never
my
intention
to
reopen
what
I
now
know
is
a
painful
wound
in
this
country's
history."