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** Worse: in "The Broken Ear", we see two representatives of different oil companies addressing to the presidents of neighboring nations, which then fight over a piece of land shared by both, where Oil has been found. At the end of the episode, some scientist realizes there is not Oil there, actually. Then we see a newspaper's headline announcing the end of the war. Meanwhile, a representative of (legal) weapon dealers [[War for Fun and Profit|visits both governments, one after another selling them expensive equipment for the war]].
* Managua in ''[[Buck Danny]]'', located in the Caribbean sea. It appear 2 or 3 time in the course of the series with different governement each time. Two albums took place there during one of those revolution.
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* Corto Maltese, the island nation which the US and the Soviet Union went to war over in the 1986 graphic novel series ''[[Batman]]: [[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' (named after the lead character in the Italian comic series of the same name)
** It was mentioned in the 1989 [[Batman (film)|Batman]] film.
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* A cartoon that ran in one magazine showed Hispanic-looking revolutionaries overrunning the dictator's office. The dictator, confronting the revolutionary leader, snarled, "You fool -- '''I'm''' CIA, [[Flock of Wolves|too]]!"
* Bazililand in ''[[Steelgrip Starkey And The All-Purpose Power Tool]]'', ruled by the dictator General Kingu.
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