Instituto del Libro - Editorial de Ciencias Sociales (cover designer: unknown, author: Fidel Castro), "La Historia Me Absolverá," 1969. Offset print, book.

This 1969 edition of Fidel Castro's famous speech "La Historia Me Absolverá" (History Will Absolve Me) was published by Editorial de Ciencias Sociales through Instituto del Libro. The speech, originally delivered on October 16, 1953, during Castro's trial following the July 26 attack on the Moncada Barracks, became the ideological manifesto of the Cuban Revolution. This edition features a bold typographic cover with red lettering against a deep blue background, emphasizing the power and directness of Castro's revolutionary message. Published a decade after the revolutionary triumph, this book represents the continued dissemination of foundational revolutionary texts through Cuba's nationalized publishing infrastructure. The publication was completed in July 1969 at the "Esfuerzo Decisivo" production unit of Instituto del Libro, demonstrating the revolutionary government's commitment to making this seminal political document widely accessible to the Cuban population and ensuring its preservation as a cornerstone text of revolutionary ideology.

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