He Parliament of the Canary Islands This Wednesday, October 25, inaugurated the exhibition Ukraine: the war in cartoons, which brings together more than 300 comic publications from media outlets from various countries around the world, which offers, through humor and satire, a very critical vision of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “This Chamber puts itself at the service of culture and reflection, this time with a brave commitment from European and American cartoonists brought to us by Lucas Morales and Francisco Pomares, through the Canarian Cine Más Cómics Foundation,” as he noted in his speech. inauguration by the president of the Canary Islands Parliament, Astrid Pérez.
Before more than fifty students from the University of La Laguna and representatives of the Ukrainian community in Tenerife, Astrid Pérez recalled that “satire can be a powerful weapon and in this exhibition it joins talent to criticize a war that has shaken Europe since February 2022. Do not seek neutrality. “The message of rejection of the Russian invasion is unanimous in these illustrations.”
The vice president of the Association of Ukrainians in the Canary Islands, Lyudmyla Krupskawas one of those attending the opening, in which Astrid Pérez added that “the Canarian Parliament wants to show solidarity with the more than 5,000 Ukrainian refugees who, since February 2022, have been forced to live with us because of this war ”.
“Here in the House of Canarian Citizenship, we ratify our commitment to defend peace and against violence. And we want to remember that, as the writer Mark Twain said, laughter can be the most effective weapon of the human being. A weapon so powerful that, I hope, it was capable of stopping this war,” concluded the president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
Francisco Pomares He stressed the importance of organizing this type of exhibition that “allows us to remember what continues to happen in Ukraine,” while Lucas Morales recognized that a former student of his, Natasha, and her Ukrainian family, are the source of inspiration for this exhibition. In his opinion, it is “one of the most important” that he has organized, since it makes possible “three main objectives: to denounce the crimes against a sovereign people, to make it clear that in the West there are voices very critical of this invasion and to ensure that this war “continue to be news and that we continue to support the Ukrainian people.”
Ukraine: the war in cartoons can be visited in the exhibition hall of the Parliament of the Canary Islands until next November 16, within the programming of the XX International Comic and Illustration Exhibition of Tenerife. It will remain open from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., while on Saturdays it is only open between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. It is closed on Sundays.
