Ricardo Tejeiro, cartoonist extraordinaire and a whole lot more

LIVERPOOL -- Born in Barcelona and now living in Liverpool, Ricardo Tejeiro, 48, has a PhD in Journalism and Psychology. He is an associate researcher in the Fighting International Internet Paedophilia (FIIP) project at the University of Liverpool, participated by academic and police forces from 5 European countries (UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Estonia) and funded by partners and the European Commission. He also has a wife and two children, Ana and Alejandro. He lived for several years in Algeciras, from where he published over thirty books on a variety of subjects including stories, psychology, education, history and essays among others. He has won a dozen prizes for fiction. How he has time to be a cartoonist as well is not only a mystery, but also admirable. (Sample below). And we're very glad he is because Ricardo has very kindly given us permission to publish his cartoons 'as long as the translation's outside the frame' and 'there's a link to my website', to which we agreed with alacrity. His work will appear sporadically. Welcome aboard, Dr. Tejeiro, and many thanks! (Check a sample below.)

They use a naked woman to promote fruit

Tweet emitted by Cinco al Día

MADRID -- A non-profit organization, Cinco al Día (Five a Day), sent out a Tweet showing how they were painting a naked woman at the international Fruit Attraction exhibition last week. The painted model paraded around the 26,000 m2 exhibition hall, Ifema, to the astonishment (delight?) of visitors and most of the representatives of over 800 international exhibitors. Cinco al Día, which has received considerable support from the government and the EU in the past, was soon under fire from several women's organizations, understandably. There have been plenty of comments on the social media, even a petition to the Ministry of Agriculture. This Ministry claimed to know nothing about the intention of Cinco al Día, and called it 'abhorrent'.