AMLO praises the deceased cartoonist Helguera

Mexico Metropolis. On the eve of his dying anniversary, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador praised the profession of Antonio Helguera, a cartoonist for this publishing home who died on June 25, 2021, whom he thought-about probably the greatest exponents of caricature in Mexico.

The very best of journalism within the neoliberal period had been the cartoonists; however the unbiased and progressive ones, as a result of there have been others, all through this era, who devoted themselves to justifying the coverage of plunder.

In direction of the tip of the morning, when he talked about that he was going to provide an interview to the members of this system El Chamuco (which is broadcast in varied public media), largely cartoonists, the president recalled folks like Rius, El Fisgón, Helio Flores and Hernández, amongst others whose efficiency he highlighted.

López Obrador was extra specific with Antonio Helguera, “so, with all our love (he despatched him a hug), additionally along with El Fis and Hernandez, top notch. A hug for his associate, for his youngsters. Antonio, superb, constant.”

And already in reference to the position of political cartoons in Mexico, he mentioned that “there have been some nice cartoonists within the neoliberal interval; We nonetheless bought Rius, nice; We bought the nice Naranjo, the very best. I am talking from my left-wing imaginative and prescient, I respect everybody, proper? However then everybody speaks as they do on the get together.

“I see the caricaturists, Rius, unquestionably; Orange tree, superb; Helio Flores, who has simply retired; Rafael Barajas, The Snooper, however that, along with being a very good draftsman, he was a cultured, studious, very ready man; then, Hernández, top notch.”