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Antonio `` Tono '' Salazar -LRB- June 1897 - December 1986 -RRB- was a Salvadoran caricaturist , illustrator and diplomat .. Salvadoran. El Salvador. caricaturist. caricaturist. illustrator. illustrator. diplomat. diplomat. Born in Santa Tecla , in 1920 he went to study in Mexico on an art scholarship then in 1922 traveled to France to join the throng of artists and writers from around the world who were living , working , and learning in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris .. Santa Tecla. Santa Tecla, El Salvador. Mexico. Mexico. art. art. scholarship. scholarship. France. France. Montparnasse Quarter. Montparnasse. Paris. Paris. Salazar became friends with Mexican writer / diplomat Jose Maria Gonzalez de Mendoza and the Guatemalan writer Luis Cardoza y Aragon .. diplomat. diplomat. Jose Maria Gonzalez de Mendoza. Jose Maria Gonzalez de Mendoza. Luis Cardoza y Aragon. Luis Cardoza y Aragon. He did the illustrations for Aragon 's 1923 book Luna Park .. A leftist , in the 1930s he worked as a propagandist for the Republican cause in Spain .. leftist. Left-wing politics. propagandist. propaganda. Republican. Second Spanish Republic. Spain. Spain. During World War II he went to Buenos Aires where he was employed as an illustrator and caricaturist at the socialist weekly magazine Argentina Libre .. caricaturist. caricaturist. illustrator. illustrator. World War II. World War II. Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires. socialist. socialist. Salazar published satires of Adolf Hitler , General Franco , Benito Mussolini and Argentina 's rising star , Juan Peron .. Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler. General Franco. Francisco Franco. Benito Mussolini. Benito Mussolini. Juan Peron. Juan Peron. The right-wing government closed Argentina Libre and Salazar was forced to leave the country .. right-wing. right-wing politics. He traveled to Montevideo , Uruguay where he remained until 1949 when he was allowed back into Buenos Aires for a time .. Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires. Montevideo. Montevideo. Uruguay. Uruguay. In the early 1950s , the new El Salvador government of President Oscar Osorio gave Tono Salazar a diplomatic appointment in Montevideo .. Montevideo. Montevideo. Oscar Osorio. Oscar Osorio. He spent twenty years serving in various consulate offices in Uruguay , France , Italy , and Israel .. France. France. Uruguay. Uruguay. Italy. Italy. Israel. Israel. In 1978 , his country awarded him the Order of Jose Matias Delgado and the Premio Nacional de Cultura .. Order of Jose Matias Delgado. Order of Jose Matias Delgado. Tono Salazar died in 1986 in San Salvador from Parkinson 's disease .. A significant collection of his work is at the El Salvador Museum of Art in San Salvador who held a major exhibition of his works in 2005 and who named a reception hall in his honor .. Tono Salazar 's work was a strong influence on the Cuban caricaturist Juan David .. caricaturist. caricaturist. Juan David. Juan Eduardo David Posada