They Did Not Forget Us poster, No. 65 (Quechua, USIS Lima)
A Quechua-language poster for the Peru-United States cooperative program to aid victims of the drought. A man in a poncho and hat stands in the foreground, looking toward a truck on a mountain road. The headline reads 'They did not forget us'. The tell is plain folks: an ordinary highland villager is the figure through whom the aid program is presented as attentive to rural people.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- January 1, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (USIS post), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series; printed by El Condor, Lima
- Region
- Latin America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948888, 306-PPB-65).
Text on the object
Manan paykuna qonqawaranchischu CH'AKIYPA MUCHUCHISQAN RUNAKUNAPAQ PERU-ESTADOS UNIDOSPA YANAPAYNIN PROGRAMA COOPERATIVO, KUSKA RURANA, NISQA IMP. "EL CONDOR" AMARGURA 983 LIMA-PERU
They did not forget us. / The Peru-United States cooperative aid program for the people stricken by drought, 'working together'.
Pencil annotations in English on the sheet (not printed): 'They Did Not Forget Us (Quechua)'; 'Peruvian-United States Cooperative Program to Aid Victims of the Drought'. Quechua spelling of the headline is a best reading; translation is approximate.
