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Miko Mandante (Chavez caricature)

Miko Mandante (Chavez caricature), Ecuador, Hugo Chavez in the name of "The Revolution" violently eliminates all communication channels that don't pronounced on his behalf. The cartoon refers to the injustice of a fight between a gorilla and a delicate and injured blue little bird. Miko Mandante is a play of words commonly used to refer to Chavez in Latin America. This nick name comes from the combination of Mi Comandante (my commander) and miko, which means ape. The blue feather falling in the scene is an allusion to the blue bird from the social network Twitter.