¡Mexicanos! Las dictaduras han acabado por agredirnos (México por la Libertad)
A man in charro dress pulls a bell rope in front of a large Mexican flag; the text says that 'the dictatorships' have ended by attacking Mexico and that a free people has one resort, to declare a state of war. The tell is the label 'las dictaduras' for the opponents and the virtue words 'pueblo libre', 'ideal', 'derecho' and 'libertad' for Mexico's side.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Artist Vicente J. Morales; printed in cooperation with Cia. Litografica 'La Ensenanza Objetiva', S.A. (Mexico)
- Region
- Latin America
- Country
- Mexico
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Avila Camacho Government
- Leader
- Manuel Avila Camacho
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Elections and party politics
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Artist Vicente J. Morales; Cia. Litografica La Ensenanza Objetiva, S.A., National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-867.
Text on the object
¡MEXICANOS! LAS DICTADURAS han acabado por agredirnos. UN PUEBLO LIBRE y deseoso de mantener sin mancha su ejecutoria cívica, no tiene más que un recurso: el de aceptar valientemente las realidades y DECLARAR EL ESTADO DE GUERRA. NUESTRAS ARMAS: EL IDEAL, EL DERECHO Y EL AMOR A LA LIBERTAD MEXICO POR LA LIBERTAD [imprint:] COOPERACION DE LA CIA. LITOGRAFICA "LA ENSEÑANZA OBJETIVA", S. A. VICENE J. MORALES [Translation: Mexicans! The dictatorships have ended by attacking us. A free people, wishing to keep its civic record unstained, has only one recourse: to accept the realities bravely and declare a state of war. Our weapons: the ideal, the law and the love of freedom. Mexico for freedom.]
