MEDIA REACTION ON CARTOONS NOVEMBER 12 AND 13, 2005

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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON CARTOONS NOVEMBER 12 AND 13, 2005



1. On 11/13 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna"
published an untitled cartoon where a ragged man with holes
in his clothes and disheveled hair appears saying "Let's see
. . . now don't tell me, let me guess. You brought me new
treats?" To the man's right appears only the enlarged leg
and shiny shoe of Ambassador Charles Ford.


2. On 11/12 the San Pedro Sula daily "La Prensa" published
a cartoon entitled: "Another Record." There are two
caricatures: one who is running away carrying a torch
inscribed with the number 182, he is also wearing the Cuban
flag on his shirt and above him is the sentence: "`Olympic
Record' for voting against the U.S. embargo against Cuba."
Uncle Sam lags behind in desperation. Scrawled beneath a
depiction of the audience members is the sentence "U.N.
General Assembly".

Ford