MAFALDA.

The comic series Mafalda is a singular phenomenon in

Latin America.

It was created by the Argentine cartoonist Quino

(the pseudonym of Joaquin Salvador)

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Mafalda is obsessed with the bad shape the world is in;

she wants to be an ONU translator, and intends to defuse

conflicts by translating the ambassadors' insults into

innocuous statements.

SHE IS ALSO A BIG FAN OF THE BEATLES

(Even if she can't understand the words)

and a dutiful if sometimes sarcastic daughter.

Her one weakness is soup-- she holds a grudge against the Swiss

for having invented instant soup.

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