---
title: '"Soldado: en el plebiscito, por la patria vota NO" leaflet (1988)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chile-soldado-vota-no-leaflet-1988/
description: 'A text-only half sheet in brown ink addresses one reader by rank (''SOLDADO:'') and ties the ballot to the nation: ''en el plebiscito, por la patria, VOTA…'
section: Collection
---

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# "Soldado: en el plebiscito, por la patria vota NO" leaflet (1988)

A text-only half sheet in brown ink addresses one reader by rank ('SOLDADO:') and ties the ballot to the nation: 'en el plebiscito, por la patria, VOTA NO'. The tell is the single abstract value, patria, offered as the reason with no fact or argument on the front, and the personal address that casts the vote as a duty of the uniform.

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PF0005 [handwritten catalogue number, top right]

SOLDADO:

EN EL PLEBISCITO, POR LA PATRIA

VOTA NO
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
SOLDIER:

IN THE PLEBISCITE, FOR THE HOMELAND

VOTE NO
```

Front of the sheet only. The reverse, which the catalogue records as a separate text, is not in the hosted image.

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