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title: Muchas vidas se salvaron, Peru drought aid poster (Spanish poster distributed in Lima)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/muchas-vidas-se-salvaron-peru-drought-aid-spanish-1958/
description: A Peruvian drought-relief poster. A seated man in a poncho and hat, a woman and a boy sit before mountains beside sacks marked CEBADA and TRIGO (barley.
section: Collection
---

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# Muchas vidas se salvaron, Peru drought aid poster (Spanish poster distributed in Lima)

A Peruvian drought-relief poster. A seated man in a poncho and hat, a woman and a boy sit before mountains beside sacks marked CEBADA and TRIGO (barley, wheat). The headline says many lives were saved and the foot credits a Peru-United States cooperative program for drought victims. The tell is plain-folks: named, ordinary highland villagers carry the claim that the aid worked, with no figures given.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Muchas vidas se salvaron

CEBADA
TRIGO

PROGRAMA COOPERATIVO PERU-ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AYUDA
PARA LOS AFECTADOS POR LA SEQUIA

IMP. "EL CONDOR" AMARGURA 983 LIMA-PERU
```

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

```
Many lives were saved

BARLEY
WHEAT

PERU-UNITED STATES COOPERATIVE PROGRAM OF AID
FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE DROUGHT

Printed by "El Condor", Amargura 983, Lima, Peru
```

Pencilled English glosses added by an archivist or the distribution post are not part of the printed text.

[← In a Changing World poster (Marathi, distributed in India)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/in-a-changing-world-marathi-india-1958/) [Propaganda Pamphlets poster, No. 66 (Quechua, USIS Lima) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/propaganda-pamphlets-poster-66-quechua-peru-1958/)

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