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title: As Américas Unidas para a Vitória e o Progresso [The Americas United for Victory and Progress]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-americas-unidas-calendar-portuguese-1942/
description: A calendar poster shows a US soldier and a Latin American soldier shaking hands before a globe, with a mother and children between them and aircraft.
section: Collection
---

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# As Américas Unidas para a Vitória e o Progresso [The Americas United for Victory and Progress]

A calendar poster shows a US soldier and a Latin American soldier shaking hands before a globe, with a mother and children between them and aircraft, guns and a tank behind, inside a border of saints keyed to the months. The banner 'The Americas united for victory and progress' is a virtue slogan, and the handshake and the shared saints' calendar fuse the two armies and the peoples into one.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
AS AMÉRICAS UNIDAS PARA A VITÓRIA E O PROGRESSO

JANEIRO FEVEREIRO MARÇO ABRIL MAIO JUNHO JULHO AGÔSTO SETEMBRO OUTUBRO NOVEMBRO DEZEMBRO

Santos Reis 6 de Janeiro; São Sebastião 20 de janeiro; São Matias 24 de fevereiro; Nossa Senhora de Lourdes 11 de fevereiro; São Tomás de Aquino 7 de março; São José 19 de março; São Marcos Evangelista 25 de abril; Santa Catarina de Sena 30 de abril; São Francisco Jerónimo 11 de maio; Santa Rita 22 de maio; Sagrado Coração de Jesús 2 de julho; Santa Izabel de Portugal 8 de julho; São Tiago 25 de julho; Santo Inácio de Loiola 31 de julho; São Pedro 29 de junho; São João Batista 24 de junho; Santo António de Pádua 13 de junho; Santa Rosa de Lima 30 de agosto; Assunção 15 de agosto; São Domingos 4 de agosto; São Pedro Claver 9 de setembro; São Mateus 21 de setembro; São Francisco de Assis 4 de outubro; Santa Teresa do Menino Jesús 3 de outubro; Santa Gertrudes 15 de novembro; Todos os Santos 1 de novembro; Natal 25 de dezembro; São Francisco Xavier 3 de dezembro

Publicado pelo Coordenador de Assuntos Inter-americanos, E. U. A.
```

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

```
THE AMERICAS UNITED FOR VICTORY AND PROGRESS

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

Three Kings 6 January; Saint Sebastian 20 January; Saint Matthias 24 February; Our Lady of Lourdes 11 February; Saint Thomas Aquinas 7 March; Saint Joseph 19 March; Saint Mark the Evangelist 25 April; Saint Catherine of Siena 30 April; Saint Francis Jerome 11 May; Saint Rita 22 May; Sacred Heart of Jesus 2 July; Saint Elizabeth of Portugal 8 July; Saint James 25 July; Saint Ignatius of Loyola 31 July; Saint Peter 29 June; Saint John the Baptist 24 June; Saint Anthony of Padua 13 June; Saint Rose of Lima 30 August; Assumption 15 August; Saint Dominic 4 August; Saint Peter Claver 9 September; Saint Matthew 21 September; Saint Francis of Assisi 4 October; Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus 3 October; Saint Gertrude 15 November; All Saints 1 November; Christmas 25 December; Saint Francis Xavier 3 December

Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, U.S.A.
```

[← A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas \[The War Illustrated: News of the Americas\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-portuguese-1942/) ['Les Amériques Unies pour le Progrès et la Victoire' (US poster in French) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-ameriques-unies-progres-victoire-french-1942/)

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