<P> In Brazil there was a campaign Vote no Cristo (Vote for the Christ) which had the support of private companies, namely telecommunications operators that stopped charging voters to make telephone calls and SMS messages to vote . Additionally, leading corporate sponsors including Banco Bradesco and Rede Globo spent millions of reals in the effort to have the statue voted into the top seven . Newsweek reports the campaign was so pervasive that: </P> <P> One morning in June, Rio de Janeiro residents awoke to a beeping text message on their cell phones: "Press 4916 and vote for Christ . It's free!" The same pitch had been popping up all over the city since late January--flashing across an electronic screen every time city - dwellers swiped their transit cards on city buses and echoing on TV infomercials that featured a reality - show celebrity posing next to the city's trademark Christ the Redeemer statue . </P> <P> According to an article in Newsweek, around 10 million Brazilians had voted in the contest by early July . This number is estimated as the New7Wonders Foundation never released such details about the campaign . An airplane message, with a huge inscription "4916 VOTE FOR CHRIST" flew in Rio de Janeiro for a month . </P> <P> An intensive campaign led by the Peruvian Ministry of Commerce and Tourism in Peru had a great impact in the media and consequently Peruvian people voted massively for its national wonder . The announcement of the new World Wonders generated great expectation and the election of Machu Picchu was celebrated nationwide . </P>

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