Alianza para el Progreso poster, November 1964 calendar (Spanish, distributed in Managua)
A Spanish-language wall calendar for November 1964 issued from the U.S. Embassy in Managua. Its upper half carries the Alianza para el Progreso headline, a red photograph of a bulldozer and text on U.S. loans of $4.5 million and $8 million for roads in Nicaragua and Honduras. Below are the month grid and a Voice of America radio schedule. The tell is transfer: a practical calendar carries the programme's name and emblem into daily use.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- October 26, 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, Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- 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, October 26, 1964. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949367, 306-PPB-425).
Text on the object
ALIANZA PARA EL PROGRESO Carreteras para el Desarrollo Económico Son Construidas bajo la Alianza para el Progreso Los dos primeros tramos de carreteras regionales centroamericanas que ayudarán a fomentar el crecimiento económico, y acortarán la distancia entre Managua y Tegucigalpa, serán construidos con la ayuda financiera de los Estados Unidos dentro del programa de la Alianza para el Progreso. Estados Unidos prestará al Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica $ 4.5 millones de dólares que a su vez serán prestados a Nicaragua para realizar el proyecto. Una carretera de 98 kilómetros unirá a Choluteca, Honduras, con Puente Real, Nicaragua. Otra carretera, desde Danlí, Honduras, a Ocotal, Nicaragua, de 60 kilómetros, constituye la segunda vía del proyecto. La contribución de Nicaragua para las dos carreteras es de $ 1.5 millones de dólares. También, bajo la Alianza, dos préstamos de los Estados Unidos por $ 8 millones de dólares, han contribuido para la construcción de 273 kilómetros de carreteras en Nicaragua que unirán regiones agrícolas con los mercados urbanos. Estos proyectos incluyen: Telica-San Isidro; Las Piedrecitas-Jiloá-Mateare-Nagarote-La Paz; Yalagüina-Ocotal; Moyogalpa-Altagracia (Ometepe); Chinandega-Puente Real; Izapa-La Paz; Rivas-Tola, y San Marcos-Masatepe. El desarrollo de estos proyectos persigue una de las metas de la Alianza para el Progreso, de "acelerar la integración de la América Latina, con el mismo objetivo de vigorizar el desarrollo económico y social del Continente". Un bulldozer del Departamento de Carreteras prepara el terreno sobre la ruta Yalaguina-Ocotal, de 20 kilómetros, uno de los muchos proyectos construídos con préstamos de Estados Unidos bajo la Alianza para el Progreso. [Round emblem: torch in a hand over an arrow] ALIANZA PARA EL PROGRESO NOVIEMBRE 1964 DOMINGO LUNES MARTES MIERCOLES JUEVES VIERNES SABADO 3 Independencia de Panamá (1903) 7 Día de la Democracia en Costa Rica 11 Día de los Veteranos en Estados Unidos 19 Colón descubre Puerto Rico (1493) 22 Nace José Cecilio del Valle, Prócer Centroamericano (1780) 26 Día de Acción de Gracias (days 1 to 30 printed in a monthly grid) LA VOZ DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA PROGRAMAS DE RADIO PARA LA AMERICA LATINA HORA LOCAL / DOMINGO / LUNES / MARTES / MIERCOLES / JUEVES / VIERNES / SABADO / BANDA METROS [Weekly grid of programme titles for 5:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., on 19, 25, 31, 254 and 289 metres, including: Noticias; Cita con Cuba; Buenos Días América; Enfoque Mundial; Noticias para Copiapó; Comentarios; Temas del Momento; Hablando de Deportes; Actualidad Deportiva Internacional; Marxismo y Libertad; Revolución de la Esperanza; Así Marcha la Alianza; Informe Económico; Hacia un Mundo Mejor. Grid not transcribed in full.] NOTA: Si desea copia de este calendario favor llamar al Servicio Informativo de los EE. UU., Embajada Americana, Managua, D. N. Teléfono: 6771 - Ext. 76.
ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS Roads for Economic Development Are Being Built under the Alliance for Progress The first two sections of Central American regional highways, which will help foster economic growth and shorten the distance between Managua and Tegucigalpa, will be built with United States financial aid under the Alliance for Progress programme. The United States will lend the Central American Bank for Economic Integration $4.5 million, which in turn will be lent to Nicaragua to carry out the project. A 98-kilometre road will join Choluteca, Honduras, with Puente Real, Nicaragua. Another road, from Danli, Honduras, to Ocotal, Nicaragua, of 60 kilometres, is the second route of the project. Nicaragua's contribution to the two roads is $1.5 million. Also, under the Alliance, two United States loans of $8 million have contributed to building 273 kilometres of roads in Nicaragua that will link farming regions with urban markets. These projects include: [list of road sections as printed above]. The development of these projects pursues one of the goals of the Alliance for Progress, to "accelerate the integration of Latin America, with the same aim of strengthening the economic and social development of the Continent". A Highway Department bulldozer prepares the ground on the 20-kilometre Yalaguina-Ocotal route, one of the many projects built with United States loans under the Alliance for Progress. [Round emblem] ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS NOVEMBER 1964 (Sunday to Saturday; notes: 3 Independence of Panama (1903); 7 Democracy Day in Costa Rica; 11 Veterans Day in the United States; 19 Columbus discovers Puerto Rico (1493); 22 birth of José Cecilio del Valle, Central American founding figure (1780); 26 Thanksgiving) THE VOICE OF AMERICA: RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR LATIN AMERICA Local time / days of the week / metre band [Weekly programme grid; titles include News; Date with Cuba; Good Morning America; World Focus; News for Copiapo; Commentaries; Topics of the Moment; Talking Sports; International Sports Review; Marxism and Liberty; Revolution of Hope; This Is How the Alliance Advances; Economic Report; Toward a Better World. Grid not translated in full.] NOTE: If you wish a copy of this calendar, please call the U.S. Information Service, American Embassy, Managua, D. N. Telephone: 6771, ext. 76.
Road-section list and the weekly radio grid are partly summarised in brackets; the main text is verbatim. Printed spellings such as 'construídos' kept.
