( CNN ) How would you get your nation 's president to hear you out ? Put your name and number on a mango and hit him in the head with it ? No ? Then you 're not Marleni Olivo , who did exactly that , and in return is getting the new apartment she was asking for , said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro . Olivo , 54 , saw her opportunity when Maduro visited Anzoategui , the state where she lives . Maduro , a former bus driver , drove a bus to a rally Wednesday where he was meeting with supporters . The president had the window open , the better to greet people attending the rally . Olivo had written a message on a mango -- `` If you can , call me , '' -- along with her name and phone number . She got as close as she could and , as the bus passed , she tossed the fruit at Maduro . In a video that has gone viral in Venezuela , Maduro is shown lowering his head when he is hit , just above the left ear . He then calmly picks up the mango and holds it up to the crowd . Later in the evening , the president mentioned the incident in one of his customary live TV broadcasts and displayed the infamous mango as proof . `` Marleni Olivo , '' Maduro said . `` We 're going to invite her to my [ TV and radio ] show , 'In Touch with Maduro . ' She had a housing problem , right ? And , Marleni , I have approved it already , as part of the Great Housing Mission of Venezuela , you will get an apartment and it will be given to you in the next few hours . Tomorrow , no later than the day after tomorrow , we will give it to you . '' Maduro also joked that he had something in common with the mango . The word `` maduro '' in Spanish means ripe . Olivo told local media her intention was to toss the president a note , as others in the crowd were doing . `` I did n't have paper available at that moment , '' she told El Pitazo TV . `` What I had was a mango that I was about to eat because I was hungry . '' Maduro 's critics are calling the incident a `` manguicidio , '' a play on the words `` mango '' and `` magnicidio , '' a Spanish word meaning assassination of a powerful leader . In Venezuela 's extremely polarized political climate , Maduro frequently talks about his belief that the opposition is conspiring to target him for assassination . But the mango-thrower says she had no evil intent . `` My dream is to own a home before I die , '' she told El Pitazo TV , adding that she had been very ill recently , that she suffers from diabetes and hypertension . And now her dream is about come true , a dream that would not have been possible without her boldness and a little help from a tasty mango .
Marleni Olivo , 54 , hit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in the head with a mango . The incident happened on Tuesday at an event for Venezuela’s National Assembly and was caught by television cameras as well as witnesses. She wanted to give him a note , she says , but had no paper , only a mango .