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  25 años. 25 Years

  The focal point of the cartoon is the number twenty-five. Franco is sitting on the number that signifies the longevity of his rule. His posture is one of satisfaction and triumph. Nevertheless, Aragonés covers the number with banners and drawings that refer to political persecution, intolerance, calumny, lies, the rise of the black market, torture, corruption, hate, misery, bribery, hunger, murder, prison, skulls, swastikas, Civil Guards executing common people, body parts scattered in mass graves, money bags, the devil, the military police, snakes, flies, spiders, and feces.

  Tags Antifascism -- United States; Caricatura editorial -- Estados Unidos -- siglo XX; Editorial Cartoons -- United States—20th century; Periodicals -- United States; Political prisoners; Political repression; Prisioneros politicos; Repression política; Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas de los Estados Unidos de Norte América (SHC) -- United States
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  Cría Cuervos…

  A three-panel cartoon. In the first panel, Uncle Sam gives dollars to Franco; in the second, Franco gives them to Castro and buys sugar; in the third, Franco is best friends with Castro and Khrushchev. Uncle Sam is thinking "A leopard never changes its spots."

  Tags Antifascism -- United States; Bases militares, Americanas -- España; Caricatura editorial -- Estados Unidos -- siglo XX; Castro, Fidel; Comercio de azúcar -- Cuba; Editorial Cartoons -- United States—20th century; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971; Military bases, American -- Spain; Periodicals -- United States; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953; Sugar trade -- Cuba -- 20th century; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); Unión Sovietica -- Politica y gobierno