The Mexican actor, Gael Garcia Bernal, star of two films currently playing in UK cinemas, Babel and The Science of Sleep, today added his voice to calls for fairer trade rules for poor countries, as Oxfam, the international development charity, released a new report on free trade agreements.

Bernal, who made is name in films such as The Motorcycle Diaries and Y Tu Mamá También has been supporting Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign since 2005, when he attended an anti-poverty rally in Edinburgh. He subsequently traveled to Mexico with the charity to visit farmers affected by unfair trade. [scoop.co.nz]