Content note: Cartoon billboard caricaturing a U.S. figure in stars-and-stripes trousers beside a grinning armed fighter. This object is shown as it was published. Why
"Señores imperialistas, ¡no les tenemos absolutamente ningún miedo!": Havana billboard, 2002
Painted billboard in Havana with the lettering 'Señores imperialistas, ¡no les tenemos absolutamente ningún miedo!' (Gentlemen imperialists, we are not the least bit afraid of you!), flanked by two cartoons: at left a figure in stars-and-stripes trousers, drawn spluttering and off balance; at right a grinning armed fighter on a palm island. The tell: 'imperialistas' is the whole characterisation of the addressee, and the board shows fear in the opponent and fearlessness in the in-group instead of a claim that could be tested.
- Date
- 2002
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Cuban state (roadside billboard facing the U.S. mission in Havana; sponsoring body not printed on the object)
- Region
- Latin America
- Country
- Cuba
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Fidel Castro Government
- Leader
- Fidel Castro
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (photograph by Robert Schediwy), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 (photographer's own licence; Cuban freedom of panorama recorded on Commons)
Photo: Robert Schediwy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
SEÑORES IMPERIALISTAS ¡NO LES TENEMOS ABSOLUTAMENTE NINGUN MIEDO! [lettering above the left-hand figure, partly legible: GRR...]
GENTLEMEN IMPERIALISTS WE ARE NOT THE LEAST BIT AFRAID OF YOU!
Main text printed in red and blue capitals; the accent on the U of NINGUN is not discernible at this resolution. The green lettering by the left-hand figure is partly cut off and reads only as a growl sound effect.
