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March 16, 2012
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‎”I believe that the cartoonist is a pariah because we don’t believe in anybody, and we are always standing in the way of power and turning a critical eye to whoever is in power.” - Rayma Suprani

Check out our exclusive interview with Venezuelan political cartoonist Rayma.

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Photoset
March 08, 2012
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‎”I am reacting [to the corruption] in my own way. Someone is protesting. Somebody is a doing hunger strike in India. [As for me,] I am a cartoonist.” - Aseem Trivedi, political cartoonist 

Read the article at Sampsonia Way

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March 05, 2012
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“If not for the media, I would have 80% popularity.” – Hugo Chávez Venezuelan cartoonist Roberto Weil portrays President Hugo Chávez as a boot in response to a law which prohibits depictions of the likeness of the president and of patriotic symbols. For more, read our piece “Under Chavez: Media Harassed with Online Hacking, Phone Tapping and Censorship.”

“If not for the media, I would have 80% popularity.” – Hugo Chávez

Venezuelan cartoonist Roberto Weil portrays President Hugo Chávez as a boot in response to a law which prohibits depictions of the likeness of the president and of patriotic symbols.

For more, read our piece “Under Chavez: Media Harassed with Online Hacking, Phone Tapping and Censorship.”

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