Alianza poster, En marcha en tres anos (Spanish poster distributed in Mexico City)
A Spanish-language poster headed 'Under way' that lists Alliance for Progress results after three years on signposts: 222,600 houses built, 23,400 classrooms, 207,000 agricultural loans, 1,056 drinking-water systems and 554 mobile units, hospitals and health centres. The tell is card-stacking: only favourable totals appear, with no countries, baselines, targets or sources printed.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- July 13, 1964
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front, Health
- Event
- Alliance for Progress
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, July 13, 1964. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949340, 306-PPB-410b).
Text on the object
EN MARCHA TECHO Casas construídas 222,600 ESCUELAS Aulas construídas 23,400 TIERRA Préstamos agrícolas 207,000 AGUA POTABLE Sistemas de agua potable instalados 1,056 SALUD Unidades móviles Hospitales Centros de Salud construídos 554 EN TRES AÑOS ALIANZA PARA EL PROGRESO
UNDER WAY ROOF Houses built 222,600 SCHOOLS Classrooms built 23,400 LAND Agricultural loans 207,000 DRINKING WATER Drinking-water systems installed 1,056 HEALTH Mobile units Hospitals Health centres built 554 IN THREE YEARS ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS
