Actress Cameron Diaz committed a big no-no in Peru this past week. While exploring the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu, Cameron was spotted with an olive messenger bag emblazoned with a red star and one of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong's favorite slogans, "Serve the People."It seems Peru has a little history of problems with Communist insurgencies, (the Maoist group Shining Path terrorized Peru during the '80s and '90s) so Cameron's bag was a major faux pas. "It alludes to a concept that did so much damage to Peru, that brought about so many victims," human rights activist Pablo Rojas told the
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