US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA2405

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MEDIA REACTION ON CARTOONS NOVEMBER 12 AND 13, 2005

Identifier: 05TEGUCIGALPA2405
Wikileaks: View 05TEGUCIGALPA2405 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Tegucigalpa
Created: 2005-11-29 17:56:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: OIIP PREL PGOV KPAO HO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002405 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR PD/WHA (RQUIROZ), IIP/G/WHA, WHA/CEN 
INFO IIP/T/ES 
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, PREL, PGOV, KPAO, HO 
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 

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