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Some people idoloze him for being a revolutionary, others say he was cowardly murderer. I am indifferent on the matter because I dont know what to believe. Does anyone know where I can get solid facts of his acts either hanus or great?

2007-04-08 08:33:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was the symbol of revolution for the youth movement during the sixties and early seventies. With the Viet Nam War ready to tear the country apart, we had revolutionaries, hippies and the establishment; the establishment made him a house hold word by expressing their hatred and fear while the rest selected him as the icon for the unrest, communism and revolution.

After the over throw of the Batista government (January 1959) Castro announced he was a communist and that began the invisible war with American. We have had a 47 year blockade of Cuba. This should show the world that such actions are worthless, but it is an easy way to look like you are doing something. We know it only hurts the old, sick and children but the many thousands of Cuban exiles insist we continue the blockade.

Castro seemed glad or even obliged to accept aid from the Soviet Union while Che was more a Maoist and followed the Chinese ideas. It goes with out saying this upset the Russians and Castro.

Che had come to view the Northern Hemisphere, led by the U.S. in the West and the Soviet Union in the East, as the exploiter of the Southern Hemisphere. He strongly supported Communist North Vietnam in the Vietnam War, and urged the peoples of other developing countries to take up arms and create "many Vietnams" If the Soviets and Castro were not upset before they certainly were after hearing this statement.

In 1965, Guevara made public his disappointments in Algiers and described the Kremlin as "an accomplice of imperialism". Guevara's dismissal from the ministry followed immediately on his return from Algiers. 1966. Soon afterwards Che dropped out of sight. He visited several sites but showed up in Bolivia. Castro revealed an undated letter purportedly written to him by Guevara some months earlier in which Guevara reaffirmed his enduring solidarity with the Cuban Revolution but declared his intention to leave Cuba to fight abroad for the cause of the revolution. He explained, "Other nations of the world summon my modest efforts”, and that he had therefore decided to go and fight as a guerrilla "on new battlefields". In the letter Guevara announced his resignation from all his positions in the government, in the party, and in the Army, and renounced his Cuban citizenship, which had been granted to him in 1959 in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the revolution

His disappearance was variously attributed to the relative failure of the industrialization scheme he had advocated while minister of industry, to pressure exerted on Castro by Soviet officials disapproving of Guevara's pro-Chinese Communist bent as the Sino-Soviet split grew more pronounced, and to serious differences between Guevara and the Cuban leadership regarding Cuba's economic development and ideological line. Others suggested that Castro had grown increasingly wary of Guevara's popularity and considered him a potential threat. Castro's critics sometimes say his explanations for Guevara's disappearance have always been suspect, and many found it surprising that Guevara never announced his intentions publicly, but only through an undated and uncharacteristically obsequious letter to Castro.
In 1966, Guevara turned up incognito in Bolivia where he trained and led a guerrilla war in the Santa Cruz region. In his manual Guerrilla Warfare, Guevara had stressed that the guerrilla fighter needs full help from the people of the area, it is an indispensable condition, but Guevara failed to win the support of the peasants and his group was surrounded near Vallegrande by American-trained Bolivian troops. "The decisive moment in a man's life is when he decides to confront death," Guevara once said. "If he confronts it, he will be a hero whether he succeeds or not. He can be a good or a bad politician, but if he does not confront death he will never be more than a politician." After Guevara was captured, Captain Gary Prado Salmón put a security around him to be sure that nothing happened. Guevara told him, "don't worry, captain, don't worry. This is the end. It's finished." (from the document film 'Red Chapters,' 1999) .Guevara was shot in a schoolhouse in La Higuera on October 9, 1967, by Warrant Officer Mario Terán of the Bolivian Rangers at the request of Colonel Zenteno. Terán was half-drunk, celebrating his birthday. Guevara's last words were: "Shoot, coward you are only going to kill a man." In order to make a positive fingerprint comparison with records in Argentina, Guevara's hand were sawed off and put into a flask of formaldehyde. They were later returned to Cuba. Guevara's corpse was buried in a ditch at the end of the runway site of Vallegrande's new airport. "Che considered himself a soldier of this revolution, with absolutely no concern about surviving it," said Fidel Castro later in Che: A Memoir.

In 1997, the body of Che was recovered in Bolivia after Jon Lee Anderson (who was working on Guevara's biography) received information on its whereabouts. The remains were then flown back to Cuba.

Che Guevara has become a cultural symbol for people all over world. Che is an icon for anyone who stands up against oppression of any form. Today, it has become cool to own a part of Che. It could be in the form of a T-shirt, cap, football or bumper car sticker. Not many people understand or even attempt to understand what he stood for but they know that being part of the Che cult is the thing to do

You might enjoy and help you understand better if watch “Motorcycle Diary” and “Che”.

God Bless You and Our Southern People.

2007-04-08 09:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

There is a great biography on him "Che" I believe it was a finalist for the national book award. In my opinion he was the coolest revolutionary ever!
He graduated from medical school, had a brilliant tactical mind and was a nationalist who hated American influence in Central America. I say he rocked, he was just on the wrong side of the fence for a lot of people. But American heroes have done as much or worse and we call them heroes.

2007-04-08 08:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jackie Oh! 7 · 1 0

He definitely was an important revolutionary in world history.

"[He was a] theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, prominent Communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (1956-59), and later guerrilla leader in [Africa and (EVT)] South America" ("Guevara, Che", Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000)

"[A] Marxist revolutionary, medic, political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas." ("Che Guevara", Wikipedia, 2007-04-08, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara )

"Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist, who became a hero to the New Left radicals of the 1960s."
("Che Guevara", msn Encarta, 2007-04-08, http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558812/Guevara_Che.html )

Not a "cowardly murderer", but someone who *was* cowardly murdered, cowardly shot dead when alreaday captured and wounded :

"On Oct. 8, 1967, the group was almost annihilated by a special detachment of the Bolivian Army. Guevara was captured after being wounded and was shot soon afterward." ("Guevara, Che", Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000)

"He was taken prisoner after being wounded in the legs and having his rifle destroyed by a bullet." ... "Barrientos [Military Dictator of Bolivia (EVT)] promptly ordered his execution upon being informed of his capture. Guevara was taken to a dilapidated schoolhouse in the nearby village of La Higuera where he was held overnight. Early the next afternoon he was executed. The executioner was Mario Terán, a Sergeant in the Bolivian army who had drawn a short straw after arguments over who got the honour of killing Guevara broke out among the soldiers. Guevara received multiple shots to the legs, so as to avoid maiming his face for identification purposes and simulate combat wounds in an attempt to conceal his execution. Che Guevara did have some last words before his death; he allegedly said to his executioner, "I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."" (Che Guevara", Wikipedia"

"With the help of American intelligence, the Bolivian army captured Guevara and his remaining guerrilla fighters on October 8, 1967. He was executed near Vallegrande the following day." ("Che Guevara", msn Encarta)

2007-04-08 09:24:21 · answer #3 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0 0

Some kids woe idolize him, really dont know nothing about him, he was a guerrila soldier, and came to alliance with Fidel and i think later on he died in Bolivia.

2007-04-08 08:49:05 · answer #4 · answered by Blazed and Confused 2 · 0 1

Everytime I see that face of his ,I want to shoot it.Unfortunately it's usually on some Latinos T-shirt and I don't want to hurt anyone really.He was a rich spoiled kid who was looking for a rush.He found it .I like that he peed his pants after he was shot.Anyone who supports Castro is an @ss.

2007-04-08 08:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0 3

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