OSPAAAL/Casa de las Américas (cover designer: Alberto Blanco), "La conferencia tricontinental / Tricontinental conference / La conférence tricontinentale," poster collection commemorating Day of the Heroic Guerrilla, October 8, offset print

This special poster collection was jointly published by OSPAAAL and Casa de las Américas to commemorate October 8, Day of the Heroic Guerrilla (Día del Guerrillero Heroico), marking the anniversary of Che Guevara's death in Bolivia in 1967. The publication presents a selection of posters about Che drawn from both institutions' extensive graphic design archives, documenting the visual iconography that transformed Che into a global revolutionary symbol.

Cover designer Alberto Blanco creates a striking multilingual typographic composition that layers the phrase "Tricontinental Conference" in Spanish, English, French, and Arabic across the cover in cream and red letters against a vibrant red-orange background. A silhouetted revolutionary figure with a weapon emerges from the interlocking text, symbolizing how the Tricontinental movement united diverse languages and peoples in common struggle. The bold geometric letterforms and layered transparency effects create visual depth while emphasizing the international scope of solidarity movements.

The interior features diverse artistic interpretations of Che's image, including a psychedelic pop art portrait using turquoise, purple, orange, and lime green color separations that recalls both 1960s counterculture aesthetics and Cuban serigraph traditions. Other pages showcase minimalist silhouette designs in revolutionary red, demonstrating the range of graphic approaches Cuban and international artists employed to represent Che's legacy.

This collection documents how OSPAAAL and Casa de las Américas served as vital centers for revolutionary graphic design, producing and archiving posters that circulated Che's image and ideas across continents. The trilingual format reflects both institutions' commitment to international solidarity and their role in shaping the global visual culture of revolution during the Cold War era.