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title: Libres [Free] (Libertad de cultos, libertad de palabra, libres de miseria, libres de temor)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-libres-bayer-four-freedoms-spanish-1942/
description: Tilted lettering in a blue brush-stroke ground makes the word 'LIBRES' (free) the largest element, ringed by freedom of worship, freedom of speech.
section: Collection
---

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[![Libres \[Free\], 1942 US poster: Tilted lettering in a blue brush-stroke ground makes the word 'LIBRES' (free) the largest](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-libres-bayer-four-freedoms-spanish-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-libres-bayer-four-freedoms-spanish-1942.jpg)

# Libres [Free] (Libertad de cultos, libertad de palabra, libres de miseria, libres de temor)

Tilted lettering in a blue brush-stroke ground makes the word 'LIBRES' (free) the largest element, ringed by freedom of worship, freedom of speech, free from want and free from fear. The poster names four abstract goods with no picture, concrete claim or condition, which is the glittering-generalities tell.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
LIBERTAD DE CULTOS
LIBERTAD DE PALABRA
LIBRES
LIBRES DE MISERIA
LIBRES DE TEMOR

herbert bayer

Publicado por El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, E. U. A.
```

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

```
FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FREE
FREE FROM WANT
FREE FROM FEAR

herbert bayer

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

[← Un "Liberator" en Acción \[A "Liberator" in Action\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-liberator-en-accion-spanish-1942/) [Libres de Temor \[Free from Fear\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-libres-de-temor-atherton-1942/)

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