The arts flourish, and there are lively international contacts. Talented Cuban artists start designing colourful, inventive posters for traditional subjects such as commemorations of the revolution or calls for a higher production. The Cuban leaders are pictured cheerful and unconventional. Che Guevara's portrait is transformed into an international symbol for romantic rebellion. In the 1970s the liveliness gradually decreases.
Artistic freedom is subordinated to the spreading of the proper revolutionary morals.
Ties with the Soviet Union are drawn tight again in the same period. A unique chapter in the history of the political poster comes to an end. May Day , ca. International week of solidarity with Africa , ca.