CUBA - Revista Mensual (cover designer: unknown, director: Lisandro Otero, director of design and photography: Rafael Morante, chief editor: Ernesto González Bermeo), "Vietnam heroico," June 1967, Año VI, No. 62. Offset print, magazine

CUBA - Revista Mensual was Cuba's premier monthly illustrated magazine during the revolutionary period, published in Havana and distributed internationally to promote Cuban revolutionary achievements and international solidarity. The magazine served as a vital propaganda tool, documenting revolutionary Cuba's social, cultural, and political developments while championing Third World liberation movements.

This June 1967 issue, Year VI, Number 62, is a "Número Especial dedicado a Vietnam Heroico" (Special Issue dedicated to Heroic Vietnam), published at the height of the Vietnam War when Cuban revolutionary solidarity with the Vietnamese struggle against U.S. imperialism was at its peak. The issue features extensive reportage on the war, including articles by Roberto Salas and Jesús Martí covering "El Sur: Jungla de Fusiles" (The South: Jungle of Rifles), "El Mundo: Cortar la Mano" (The World: Cut the Hand), and "El Norte: Las Ruinas Victoriosas" (The North: The Victorious Ruins), along with coverage of key battles and strategic analysis including "Los Halcones Desplumados" (The Plucked Hawks).

The cover is a masterwork of revolutionary graphic design—a dramatic silhouette of a Vietnamese fighter holding a rifle triumphantly aloft, rendered in solid black against a blazing orange-red circular sun. The figure's heroic gesture embodies defiance and victory. Behind the central image, bold blue vertical stripes create rhythmic energy, while the words "VIETNAM HEROICO" dominate the composition in large, condensed sans-serif letterforms that stack vertically, echoing both falling bombs and rising resistance. The color scheme—red, orange, blue, and black—evokes both tropical heat and revolutionary fervor. This powerful design exemplifies Cuban revolutionary poster aesthetics applied to magazine covers, transforming the publication into a striking visual statement of Third World solidarity and anti-imperialist struggle during the Cold War era.