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Carlos Latuff is a freelance political cartoonist, born in November 30, 1968, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Latuff's works have been posted on various Indymedia websites and blogs as well as several newspapers and magazines such as The Toronto Star, 'The Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance' (JAMI) magazine, the Saudi magazine "Character", Lebanese newspaper "Al Akhbar", Läsarnas Fria Tidning, and others. A number of his cartoons were also published on other websites such as Norman Finkelstein's official website, and he has also participated and was placed second, winning $4,000, in the 2006 Iranian International Holocaust Cartoon Competition.

Latuff has authored several comics about Middle East situations such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraq War, mainly highly critical towards Israel and the United States while sympathizing with their opposition.[original research?]

In his We are all Palestinians cartoon series, various famous oppressed groups, including Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, Black South Africans during Apartheid, Native Americans, and Tibetans in China, are all shown stating "I am Palestinian". (See also: Controversies)

Latuff has also made a series of cartoons that portray Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, United States President George W. Bush, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and British PM Tony Blair among other politicians as monsters and as Nazis.

In his comic series by the name of Tales of Iraq War (also translated into Arabic), he features 'Juba, the Baghdad sniper' as a hero while US soldiers are portrayed as villains sent by US President George W. Bush, caricatured laughing over US casualties.