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A Wind-up Toy

By Josetxo Ezcurra (Posted Feb 14, 2010)

Commentary

A Wind-up Toy

Obama has wound down.

“No problem.  We’ll buy another one later: a Hispanic or a woman.”


This cartoon was first published by Rebelión on 13 February 2010.  Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi (@yoshiefuruhashi | yoshie.furuhashi [at] gmail.com). 




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