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Spaces and Exchanges This image is an 2008’s cartoon by Chapatte. The title is “Wall between the US and Mexico”. The barrier was built along the Mexican American frontier. This decision was taken by the US government to prevent immigrants from entering the USA illegally. We can see the wall between these 2 countries. On the left, we can see a man walking in the sand and judging from his sombrero, we can deduce that he is Mexican because it’s a stereotype of Mexican people. In cartoons, illustrators decide to include a lot of stereotypes.  The man is very tired by his journey.   The country at the right is the USA. We can see all the skyscrapers in the background on the US side and a Mc Donald’s logo in the middle of the desert. Those two elements are symbols of the USA which is a globalized country. The American flag and a sign that reads "US borders keep out" are placed above the border but the flag is not with its origina...

Outso urcing/Offshoring Cagle cartoons Cagle cartoons is a 2012 cartoon by Matson. We can clearly see in the middle of the image Mitt Romney with his grandchildren. The ex-candidate to the presidential election is trying to bury a safe into the Cayman Islands' sand. The children are sitting on a boat which came from America. They are listening to their granddad who is explaining the Offshoring concept. Bermuda and Switzerland are in the background because these countries are also countries where people hide their money. Outsourcing refers to an organization contracting work out to a 3rd party, while offshoring refers to getting work done in a different country for less money. In this cartoon Romney is making a joke when he says "You offshore your profits" as if it was normal. However not paying taxes is illegal in the US. He is an important man so normally he has to show the example but he's not doing that. Cartoons are usually used to illustrate a critiq...