OSPAAAL (cover designer: Alberto Blanco), "Estados Unidos: prioridades de la asistencia exterior ," Tricontinental magazine, No. 111, May-June 1987, offset print

Tricontinental No. 111 appeared during the final years of the Reagan administration's interventionist policies in Latin America, offering a scathing visual critique of U.S. "foreign assistance" programs. Cover designer Alberto Blanco creates a powerful satirical image showing two hands wearing American flag sleeve cuffs violently wringing a yellow funnel or cone shape (labeled with text suggesting Chile and Latin American countries) like a dishrag, squeezing out cascading dollar bills and coins. Behind this brutal economic extraction, a small figure flees near what appears to be military equipment, while the bold trilingual title frames the composition against a stark black background with red borders.

The cover's visual metaphor brilliantly exposes how U.S. "assistance" and "aid" programs functioned as mechanisms for resource extraction and political control rather than genuine development support. The wringing hands transform foreign aid into violent exploitation, with money flowing from the Global South into U.S. coffers—a reversal of the official narrative. The yellow funnel shape being squeezed evokes both Latin American geography and the crushing pressure of debt servicing and structural adjustment programs imposed by international financial institutions backed by Washington.

This issue features major articles analyzing different dimensions of imperialism and resistance across three continents. Greek author Georges-Gaspard De Lastic contributes "Imperialism of Information," examining how the U.S. maintains "an absolute monopoly of the media" to propagandize its policies and destabilize progressive governments. Luis René Fernández Tabío's cover story "United States: Foreign Assistance Priorities" dissects the systems of resource transfer that benefit yankee administrations while destabilizing Third World governments, using the Iran-Contra scandal as a case study of covert operations.

The Latin America section presents two exclusive interviews documenting armed resistance movements. Roberto Torres interviews the leadership of Chile's "Manuel Rodríguez" Patriotic Front about their struggle against the Pinochet dictatorship, discussing military operations and preparation of the masses despite opposition from all sectors and Chile's serious economic situation. René Theodore, Secretary General of Haiti's United Party of Haitian Communists, discusses efforts to create a Committee of Public Salvation and the internal reaction backed by the Reagan administration to stay in power against popular will.

Additional content includes Alberto Padrón Nuevo's analysis "Racism in South Africa is an Offense Against Humanity," examining apartheid's racial and economic exploitation extending to Front Line countries like Namibia. The Books of Today section presents the first chapter of "Contadora: Challenge to the Empire," analyzing Central American politics. The issue commemorates the 10th anniversary of Seychelles independence on June 5, reflecting OSPAAAL's comprehensive coverage of liberation movements worldwide during this critical Cold War period.