Zé Povinho

Zé Povinho is the cartoon character of a Portuguese everyman created by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro. After an extended break (due to the creator travelling to Rio de Janeiro) Zé Povinho returned to the printed page in the O António Maria newspaper, and appeared in two more newspapers before the last drawing by the original creator in November 1904. Zé Povinho became first a symbol of the Portuguese working-class people, and eventually into the unofficial personification of Portugal. The character is often used to criticize politics and political figures.

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