Office-Holder
This satirical illustration by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada features a smug-looking man with a handlebar mustache floating in a yellow square. The Spanish text below reveals the true subject: a 'Presupuestívoro' or 'budget-eater,' a corrupt official whose main job is 'sucking from the nation's budget.' Posada was a master of political caricature during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, using his art to mock the corrupt elite and politicians of the Porfiriato era. While he is most famous for his skeletal 'calaveras' (skulls), this piece shows his sharp wit directed at living bureaucrats who drained public funds.
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