Strike
A black bowling ball labelled MILITARY COUP scatters pins labelled GUATEMALA, ARGENTINA, PERU, ECUADOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC and HONDURAS, while pins labelled EL SALVADOR, VENEZUELA, COSTA RICA and COLOMBIA still stand. The cartoon argues that military takeovers are spreading across Latin America; the tell is fear-appeal, through the bowling image of toppled states and those still standing.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- October 5, 1963
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Kennedy Administration
- Leader
- John F. Kennedy
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743301 (NAID 5743301).
Text on the object
MILITARY COUP GUATEMALA ARGENTINA PERU ECUADOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HONDURAS EL SALVADOR VENEZUELA COSTA RICA COLOMBIA JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
