-"To make 2,3, many Vietnams" was the only OSPAAAL poster made of Che Guevara while he was alive. The pictures in the poster were taken when he was fighting in Congo.
-In the early years, OSPAAAL posters were made in 3 different languages. Later they realized that money was saved and distribution easier if they include the text inside the poster in 4 languages.
-In 1967, OSPAAAL starts publishing the magazine "Tricontinental".First edition was 50000 copies: 25000 in spanish, 15000 in english and 10000 in french (later they introduced arabic) Subscribers received the magazine with a small folded poster inside: this is how the OSPAAAL poster was born.
-Artistic design at OSPAAAL was directed by Alfredo Rostgaard. He still lives in Havana.
-Rostgaard was the creator of the "anti-ad", a well used resource in the early years of OSPAAAL. They will use elements of capitalistic publicity in favor of revolutionary ideas. See Ethiopian Airlines.
-Another strong element used by Rostgaard and others is the japanese "origami".When the origami is open, the inside is a transformation in favor of revolutionary ideas.
-The arabic text in many of the posters was draw by the artist because they did not have the special equipment to write arabics. The same happened to Japanese posters.See Japanese solidarity.
-From a total of 102 posters produced between 1966 and 1968, 18 were printed in just one language.
-Cristo Guerrillero,by Rostgaard is one of the most important OSPAAAL posters and was made from a painting. It was made in honor of Camilo Torres, a colombian priest killed in combat in 1966. The image itself, half religious, half revolutionary was not well taken by cuban authorities and most copies were destroyed. Another fact about Cristo Guerrilero is that the text was printed in the reverse side of the poster to protect the conceptual message of the image that does not need letters for comunication.
-At the end of the 70's, begining 80s, OSPAAAL artists start experimenting with what they called "Cartel maqueta" or maquette poster. They used photographic props and tridimentional images to carry the messages.