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4 unusual facts about José Bové


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José Bové (born 1953), a French farmer and syndicalist, member of the alter-globalization movement

José Bové

He was endorsed by internationally-renowned actress Juliette Binoche.

Bové has also intervened to support the movements of the Tahitians and the Kanaks, the indigenous Melanesian people of New Caledonia.

In February 2006, Bové was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at New York's JFK Airport as he arrived en route to Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations for events sponsored by Cornell's Global Labor Institute.



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