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title: El Correo Grafico poster, Christmas issue (Spanish pictorial bulletin distributed in San Jose, Costa Rica)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/el-correo-grafico-christmas-costa-rica-1965/
description: A one-sheet Spanish photo bulletin from the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, headed 'Felices Pascuas'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
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# El Correo Grafico poster, Christmas issue (Spanish pictorial bulletin distributed in San Jose, Costa Rica)

A one-sheet Spanish photo bulletin from the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, headed 'Felices Pascuas'. Photos show the National Christmas Tree beside the Washington Monument, the Warren Commission, a Mariner space probe, a U.S. ballet tour, a CARE water pump and the Ambassador with schoolchildren. The tell is transfer: Christmas, space and aid scenes carry goodwill toward the U.S. and the Alianza para el Progreso emblem.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
EL CORREO GRAFICO
BOLETIN PICTORICO DEL SERVICIO DE INFORMACION DE LA EMBAJADA DE LOS E.E.U.U. DE NORTE AMERICA
¡FELICES PASCUAS!
PRIMERA VISITA A SAN JOSE.—Alumnos de la Escuela de La Virgen, en Sarapiquí, con su Director profesor Luis Núñez Garro, hicieron una visita a San José para conocer la capital.
REUNION DE PRESIDENTES.—El Presidente de los Estados Unidos y el Presidente de México se reunieron en una ceremonia simbólica, en la frontera de ambos países, para poner fin a la disputa que por más de un siglo ha existido sobre la zona de Chamizal, en El Paso, Texas.
RECIBE PREMIO DE "LA VOZ".—Alvaro A. Ordeñana Astorga, alumno del Centro Cultural Puntarenense-Norteamericano recibió un valioso Album de Estampillas, como premio de "La Voz de los Estados Unidos de América".
EL TEATRO DE BALLET NORTEAMERICANO.—Con éxito extraordinario se presentó en el Teatro Nacional la Compañía del Teatro de Ballet Norteamericano, como parte de la gira latinoamericana.
AL PLANETA MARTE.—Técnicos norteamericanos aparecen aquí armando un "Mariner," vehículo espacial que transmitirá las primeras fotografías televisadas del planeta Marte.
Cada año, en diciembre, el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América inaugura la iluminación del Arbol Nacional de Navidad, en los jardines de la Casa Blanca, en la ciudad capital de Washington. Con este acto tradicional se inicia oficialmente la temporada navideña que año con año inunda de alegrías y de esperanzas a la humanidad bajo el lema bíblico "Gloria a Dios en las alturas y paz en la Tierra a los hombres de buena voluntad."
CONVENIO PARA RADIOAFICIONADOS.—El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores Lic. Daniel Oduber y el Embajador de los Estados Unidos en Costa Rica, Sr. Raymond Telles, firman el convenio mediante el cual radioaficionados de Costa Rica pueden operar sus estaciones en los Estados Unidos.
La CARE y el Ministerio de Salubridad Pública tienen un programa conjunto para instalar bombas de agua en pequeños y aislados pueblos de ocho regiones del país.
EL INFORME DE LA COMISION WARREN.—En el mes de septiembre, la Comisión Warren presentó al Presidente Lyndon B. Johnson su informe oficial sobre el asesinato del Presidente John F. Kennedy.
ALIANZA PARA EL PROGRESO
```

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

```
THE GRAPHIC MAIL
PICTORIAL BULLETIN OF THE INFORMATION SERVICE OF THE EMBASSY OF THE U.S.A. OF NORTH AMERICA
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
FIRST VISIT TO SAN JOSE.—Pupils of the La Virgen School, in Sarapiquí, with their Director Professor Luis Núñez Garro, made a visit to San José to get to know the capital.
MEETING OF PRESIDENTS.—The President of the United States and the President of Mexico met in a symbolic ceremony, on the border of both countries, to end the dispute that has existed for more than a century over the Chamizal zone, in El Paso, Texas.
RECEIVES PRIZE FROM "THE VOICE".—Alvaro A. Ordeñana Astorga, pupil of the Puntarenas North American Cultural Center, received a valuable Stamp Album as a prize from "The Voice of America".
THE NORTH AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE.—With extraordinary success the North American Ballet Theatre Company performed at the National Theatre, as part of the Latin American tour.
TO THE PLANET MARS.—North American technicians appear here assembling a "Mariner," a space vehicle that will transmit the first televised photographs of the planet Mars.
Every year, in December, the President of the United States of America inaugurates the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, in the gardens of the White House, in the capital city of Washington. With this traditional act the Christmas season officially begins, which year after year floods humanity with joy and hope under the biblical motto "Glory to God in the highest and peace on Earth to men of good will."
AGREEMENT FOR RADIO AMATEURS.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs Lic. Daniel Oduber and the Ambassador of the United States in Costa Rica, Mr. Raymond Telles, sign the agreement by which radio amateurs of Costa Rica may operate their stations in the United States.
CARE and the Ministry of Public Health have a joint programme to install water pumps in small, isolated villages in eight regions of the country.
THE WARREN COMMISSION REPORT.—In September, the Warren Commission presented to President Lyndon B. Johnson its official report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS
```

Masthead, headings and the opening sentence(s) of each caption are transcribed; later sentences of long captions are omitted for length.

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