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The prime minister of Papua New Guinea is not so happy about comments made by U.S. President Biden, in which he alluded to an incident involving his uncle and cannibals in the South Pacific island nation.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said Monday that he was offended by President Biden's recent comments suggesting his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the Oceanic nation during World War II. Marape expressed disappointment in a statement Monday that Biden would suggest his nation was rife with cannibals, noting also that Papua New Guinea was unwillingly pulled into the global conflict in the 1940s. Biden's comments suggesting his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., was eaten in...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape
By ROD McGUIRK (Associated Press) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II. Biden’s comments offended a key strategic ally as China moves […]
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is hitting back at President Joe Biden.Last week, Biden suggested that his uncle, World War II veteran Ambrose J. Finnegan, was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea after crashing into the Pacific Ocean in May 1944. It's true that Finnegan's body was never recovered, but there is no evidence that cannibals ate him. — (@) In a statement, Marape condemned Biden for having "appeared to imply his uncle was eaten by...
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II.
Historically, cannibalism was reported in Papua New Guinea but analysts say Biden's categorization of the act is 'very offensive' and locals 'wouldn't just eat any white men that fell from the sky'.
“My country does not deserve to be labeled as such,” James Marape hit back at the U.S. president.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre danced around questions on Thursday about President Joe Biden apparently “embellishing” the story of his uncle’s death and going so far as suggesting that he was eaten by cannibals after being shot down in World War II. Biden is on the final day of a three-day campaign tour of […]
President Joe Biden is catching flak from Papua New Guinea after implying his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the country during World War II. On Wednesday, Biden told a story of how his uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission around Papua New Guinea in World War II, crashing in […]
President’s suggestion that his ‘Uncle Bosie’ was eaten by cannibals harms US efforts to build Pacific ties, say local expertsJoe Biden’s suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during world war two has been met with a mixture of bemusement and criticism in the country.Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how “Uncle Bosie” had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights...