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Cartoonists use the Internet to help tackle dictatorships

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2011 was, without a doubt, the year dictators fell: and joining the bloggers and those providing eye witness accounts on the Internet were artists. Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who is reputed for his criticism of the Egyptian and Bahraini regimes, believes the Internet gives people a voice they would not normally have.

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