Venezuelan regime releases "Super Mustache," a propaganda cartoon

The Venezuelan regime’s official television station, VTN, began running an animated cartoon called “Super Mustache,” where strongman Nicolas Maduro appears dressed as a superhero to “fight imperialism.”

The cartoon depicts the dictator facing the United States and Venezuelan opposition leaders with an “iron fist.”

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According to Infobae, the cartoon comes across as a mockery of the Venezuelan people’s precarious situation, noting that “Super Mustache” is running in the midst of blackouts which affect hospitals and the everyday lives of the Venezuelan people.

Ironically, the cartoon’s slogan is “with his iron fist,” a phrase which Maduro coined in 2013 when his opposition challenged his ability to rule. "I will rule with an iron fist," he would often say.

Venezuela’s rampant blackouts are justified in the animated series through attacks by the opposition, especially by two well-known personalities such as Julio Borges and Henry Ramos Allup. Donald Trump is also featured as the mastermind behind the failing energy grids.

Maduro first called himself “super mustache” in 2019 when former Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno accused him of instigating protests in Quito and Guayaquil. “I’m not superman, I’m super mustache,” Maduro joked.

VTN is expected to run more episodes of the absurd cartoon and starving Venezuelans can expect to see “Super Mustache” continue his fight against “imperialism and its lackeys,” a key propaganda move also utilized by the regimes in Cuba, the Soviet Union and North Korea.