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Political cartoonist fights repression in Ecuador

Bowling Green Daily News - Charles A. Mason 26/03/2015

Xavier Bonilla, a political cartoonist from Ecuador, speaks Tuesday March 24, 2015, at Western Kentucky University.

Xavier Bonilla, a political cartoonist from Ecuador, speaks Tuesday March 24, 2015, at Western Kentucky University.

Bonil, a political cartoonist in Ecuador who has criticized Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s policies, said humor is the most civilized expression of disagreement.

Bonil, whose name is Xavier Bonilla, could be sent to prison for his political cartoons as Correa continues a campaign to silence him. The president has strengthened and consolidated the powers of the communications arm of the nation’s Latin American government in recent years.

Bonilla, 50, spoke Tuesday at Western Kentucky University as part of the “Tracing the Unexplored: An Ecuadorian Tapestry” series at Gary Ransdell Hall. Bonilla will also speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers as part of the WKU Libraries Faraway Places series.

Bonilla, from Quito, has worked as a political cartoonist for about two decades and spoke through an interpreter. He told the students how Ecuador continues to crack down on free expression. His cartoons make visual statements with few words.

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