• President Alvaro Uribe has made a surprise appearance on the Colombian version of Big Brother, lecturing the reality show contestants -- and their massive television audience -- on his austerity plans.
• The youthful contestants on the popular show gathered around a television to watch the po-faced president challenge them to study the complicated questions that will be posed in a referendum set for October 25.
• Despite their initial surprise, the inhabitants of the Big Brother house seemed to take the challenge on Monday seriously.
Full article from Reuters.
