Mel Gibson Meets
President Arias
Actor and director Mel
Gibson met with Costa
Rica's president, Oscar
Arias, on Monday to
discuss making a
financial donation to
help the Central
American nation's
Indians.
"He wants to help the
indigenous population
here and wants to know
how to channel the
funds," President
Arias told reporters
outside his home, where
he met with Gibson for
about an hour.
Arias said Gibson
- who starred in such
Hollywood blockbusters
as the "Lethal Weapon"
series and directed last
year's Mayan epic "Apocalypto"
- would return to
Costa Rica in a month to
arrange how much money
he would donate and to
which organization.
Gibson has avoided the
press in prior trips to
Costa Rica, but spent a
few minutes answering
questions from
reporters.
Asked about Arias, the
winner of the 1987 Nobel
Peace Prize for his work
on a peace deal that
ended Central America's
civil wars, Gibson said:
"I'm a fan."
The actor acknowledged
buying a house in
Guanacaste on the
country's Pacific coast,
and jokingly asked
reporters if they wanted
the address.
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