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Vendome,

Stormer and Marron are right, on this one. At the risk of being tedious, here's the text:

[...] And although the Cristero War was an important event in that nation’s history, many Mexicans don’t learn about it in public school because it embarrasses the government, according to actor Eduardo Verástegui.” But Verástegui’s newest film For Greater Glory attempts to tell the story of that important war. I recently talked to the young actor [Garcia is 56 years old, and Verastegui is 38; so "actor = young", and it'd be odd to call a 56-year-old man "young"... no offense to seasoned FReepers!] about the true story behind the film, the cause of religious freedom and why he enjoys playing heroes.

Glory focuses on an atheist general, played by Andy Garcia, who is recruited to lead an army of Christians who were fighting for the freedom to practice their religion. In the film, Verástegui plays Anacleto González Flores,[Note that the author mentions Garcia briefly, then switches quickly back to Verastegui, the subject of the article, and doesn't switch again.] [...]

And despite his Mexican upbringing [Verastegui was definitely born and raised in Mexico], the actor [Verastegui is the only one who's called "the actor", in the entire article.] hadn’t heard of this incredible story before someone asked him about it in Los Angeles. “I so felt embarrassed that I didn’t know this period of time in my own country,” he said. But he researched the story and as he did, he became intrigued. “I got very passionate when I saw this dark period of Mexico where more than 200,000 people died in a very horrible way,” he said.

“I learned [still talking about Verastegui, who remedied his admitted ignorance (about which he felt so embarrassed) by "learning"] and I discovered that the reason why public schools [didn’t teach] these historical facts was because it was an embarrassment to the government.” But Verástegui believes that the government should embrace the darkest chapters in its past. “Let’s bring the wound out,” he said about teaching the story in schools, “let’s heal it, let’s go back in history, let’s learn from the mistakes that we commit so we don’t do that again…” When discussing the timeliness of the film, the actor [...]" [You get the idea.]

Don't you find it a bit suspicious that Garcia would allegedly "make up" such an easily provable lie? Isn't the simpler explanation--that the article is talking about (and quoting from) the Mexican actor Verastegui--more plausible than the idea that Garcia (who was mentioned only once, obliquely, and who was never interviewed in the article) was somehow spinning a transparently absurd yarn about a fake upbringing, and for no good reason which could possibly benefit him at all?