Cuban cartoonists from the Dedeté supplement of the Juventud Rebelde newspaper, and American colleagues will "face each other" today at the Marines' Memorial theater in San Francisco, California, host institution of the annual convention of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). The event, in which Cuba participates as guest country, now reaches its second day of session. Around two in the afternoon local time, colleagues of both countries will draw live on international issues. The audience will choose the winning cartoon. The current Dedeté cartoonists: Adán Iglesias Toledo (Adán), Carlos Alejandro Falco (Falcó) and Humberto Lázaro Miranda (Laz), arrived last Wednesday at San Francisco. They were invited by Mark Fiore, president of AAEC to participate in your event. Adam Iglesias, director of Dedeté, told OnCuba that their participation in the Convention will contribute to their professional development, as American caricature school is very prestigious. "They have a very particular line that distinguishes them from the rest of the artists of the continent; let´s not forget that it was in this country where the editorial cartoon was born, "he said. In San Francisco about 100 American editorial cartoonists gather –including The New York Times reporters, Pulitzer Prizes and makers of...

He took a look at and joined the long line of elderly people. By comparing himself with many of them he realizes he looks better. At the age of 73 he is still strong and slender. Though he can feel the passing of time, Julio Portuondo Dancol is still strong enough to continue moving on. It was finally his turn to collect his pension of 242 Cuban pesos. However, after paying the rent, electricity, water and buying some food supplies, he only had 100 Cuban pesos left. He lives in the core of the municipality of Cerro, in El Canal, with Librada “his wife”. She also gets a monthly pension, and just as he does, she looks forward for the day to cash it. Julio hurts all over; he can barely walk while deciding what to do. With the remaining money he can only make it for a week. But he is certain about one thing, it is necessary to make a living without loosing one’s dignity. For years he has been thinking about news clipping; now he looks for it and reads it again. He doesn’t recall which paper published it, nor when, the important thing is that he...