Cartooning for Peace is delighted to support the launch of the first edition of the International Biennial of Press Cartoons in Latin America, which will take place at the UNAM’s Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco in Mexico City from 24 October 2026 to 30 January 2027.
Under the overarching theme of ‘a new world order’, it aims to encourage reflection on the political, economic, social and cultural transformations shaping the contemporary world, against a backdrop of constant global change. Geopolitical conflicts, the environmental crisis, migration, technological advances and shifts in power structures pose new challenges to peace, social cohesion and human dignity.
For this inaugural edition, the Tlatelolco University Cultural Centre (CCUT), in collaboration with CartónClub, invites cartoonists, illustrators, visual artists and graphic designers from around the world to take part in this international event.
The biennial event centres on an international prize organised under the auspices of the Franco-German Fund. Kak, president of Cartooning for Peace, is a member of the jury, alongside the journalist Carmen Aristegui, the cartoonist Darío Castillejos, the journalist and writer Ricardo Raphael, and the lawyer and researcher Pedro Salazar Ugarte.
Announced at the opening of the biennial on 24 October, the winners of this prize are:Annoncés lors de l’ouverture de la biennale le 24 octobre, les lauréats de ce prix sont :
Until January, the biennial is hosting a major exhibition comprising over 100 press cartoons from 51 countries. It includes, in particular, an entire section dedicated to Cartooning for Peace, featuring a series of 30 cartoons taken from its latest book, *Défendons la démocratie !*.
Throughout the event, the Biennale provides an opportunity for the Mexican public and press cartoonists to meet and engage in debate. Among them are numerous members of Cartooning for Peace from both Europe and Mexico:
António (Portugal), Boligán (Mexico), Darío (Mexico), Dorthe Landschulz (Germany), Nani (Spain-Colombia), Piet (France) and Solís (Mexico)
From 26 November to 1 December, Piet and Dorthe will be taking part, amongst other things, in a Franco-German series of cultural events, supported by the Franco-German Fund, to mark the bicentenary of diplomatic relations between France and Mexico and the 60th anniversary of the Goethe-Institut in Mexico City.
Download the biennal’s press release
Download the biennal’s programme
From 3 to 5 December, the delegation of cartoonists from Cartooning for Peace will take part in the International Caricature and Comic Strip Festival as part of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, a partnership that has been close to Cartooning for Peace’s heart since their successful collaboration in 2025.
