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Posted Jan 24, 2010 by Martirena

Haiti Commentary

Got Oil?

“The Yankees expect to send 20,000 troops to Haiti.”
“Unbelievable. Could it be that they found oil in Haiti?”

Alfredo Martirena Hernández was born in 1965 in Santa Clara, Cuba. This cartoon was published by Rebelión on 23 January 2010. Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi (@yoshiefuruhashi | yoshie.furuhashi [at] gmail.com).

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