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Peru: Smile for Your ID Picture

Written (Español) byGabriela García Calderón Orbe
Translated (English) byGabriela García Calderón
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Translation posted 12 April 2013 12 years ago

In Peru, Twitter users turned to the hashtag #DNIfeliz [happy ID card] to encourage citizens to smile for their ID document photo, commonly known as DNI. Traditionally, citizens have a serious or even stern expression on their ID picture.

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Written (Español) byGabriela García Calderón Orbe
Translated (English) byGabriela García Calderón

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