The writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the screen actress Paz Vega are among a host of celebrities supporting a campaign to gain Unesco World Heritage status for bullfighting.

The Peruvian novelist and the Spanish actress are just two high- profile names heading a campaign to convince Unesco to class bullfighting as part of the country's national heritage.

The pro-bullfighting Platform for the Defence of the Fiesta Nacional hopes that if Unesco grants the controversial "sport" this status it may protect it from future threats from opponents who want it banned and give it a badly needed financial ...

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