Codes of mischief and morality: for decades, cartoonist Hermenegildo Sabat has depicted Argentina's turbulent political life in biting and humorous drawings.

The last fifty years have not been easy on Argentina. The court try has seen its promise--so glorious at the start of the twentieth century--crumble in a morass of dictatorships, human rights abuses, economic crises, and shocking levels of political corruption. All the more reason then to give thanks for Hermenegildo Sabat, the brilliant political cartoonist, who has always been able to coax a smile from weary Argentine lips.

"Rather than make people laugh," Sabat says from hiss studio in Buenos Aires's ...

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