It's been about 8 years since I painted this piece. We were at the \u201cpeak\u201d of the crisis that devastated half the world. \u201cEssay on mockery\u201d was a project in which, among other things, the mockery of the northern European countries towards the rest of their southern partners was clearly shown. They called us \u201caffectionately\u201d PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain). Having chosen that order of the acronym's initials and its reference to the word \u201cpigs\u201d says a lot about the vision they had of their Mediterranean partners.<\/p>\n
The image of a giant, plump Angela Merkel sticking her tongue out at us was a perfect illustration for a moment in which they were pressuring our government by land, sea and air to cut public spending (yes, in healthcare too) and put debt before the state. of well-being of the inhabitants of this country.<\/p>\n
Of those dusts, these muds. Today we find ourselves with diminished healthcare that is sustained thanks to the courage and sacrifice of those who risk it in the trenches of this healthcare that we can no longer boast of as before.<\/p>\n
In these days when the issuance of the famous \u201ccoronabonos\u201d Angela Merkel and her friends from the north once again say \u201cNein\u201d to us but they strongly ask us not to close the borders because they need fruit and artichokes. It is what it is. The mockery continues.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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