Tribunal Antimperialista de Nuestra América - TANA (cover artist: LILLO (Manuel Lamar), editor: Mauricio Solís), "El humor como arma de la lucha ideológica: Primer Concurso de Caricatura Antimperialista, TANA - 1983," 1984. Offset print, book.

"El humor como arma de la lucha ideológica" - First International Anti-Imperialist Cartoon Contest (1984)

A powerful collection of anti-imperialist cartoons from the first international cartoon contest organized by TANA (Tribunal Antimperialista de Nuestra América / Anti-Imperialist Tribunal of Our America) in solidarity with Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution. The striking cover by Cuban cartoonist LILLO (Manuel Lamar) shows Uncle Sam as a towering, skeletal figure confronted by a small revolutionary with a yellow sombrero atop a mountain—a David and Goliath metaphor for the ideological struggle against U.S. imperialism.

Edited by Mauricio Solís and printed in Managua, Nicaragua in September 1984 (edition of 5,000 copies), this collection represents submissions from cartoonists across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and the United States. The international jury included Helio Flores (Mexico), Claudio Cedeño (Venezuela), Ajubel (Cuba), and Roger Sanchez (Nicaragua).

Published as Nicaragua faced escalating U.S.-backed Contra aggression, this book documents how revolutionary movements used humor and graphic art as weapons in the ideological struggle. The contest celebrated the "absolute liberty" of Free Nicaragua while condemning CIA operations and U.S. military intervention in Central America.

A rare document of Latin American solidarity and anti-imperialist graphic art from the height of the Central American conflicts.