Why We Love Che Guevara
WHY WE LOVE CHE GUEVARA?
- He was born into a middle-class family.
- He took a year off during college to travel around South America. ”close contact with poverty, hunger and disease”
- He came back to Argentina and got medical degree.
- He left again.
- He settled in Guatemala for a while until the President of Guatemala was overthrown by C.I.A.
- He left to Mexico City—-met Fidel Castro—joined 26th of July Movement
- He played key role in the new government of Cuba. Minister of industries National bank president and instructional director for Cuba’s armed forces ……
- He left again.
- He went to Africa and Bolivia to bring about revolutions in other nations
- He was captured by C.I.A and then was executed
He was an idealist.
He had and never gave up his faith.
He did what he thought it was right.
Che Guevara Quotes
“Be realistic, demand the impossible!”
“Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am…only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.”
“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”
“There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory; just as any country’s defeat is a defeat for all of us.”
Reference
- Goodreads.com. 2014. Ernesto Guevara Quotes (Author of The Motorcycle Diaries). [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/76172.Ernesto_Guevara
- Minster, C. 2014. Biography of Ernesto. [online] Available at: http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofcuba/a/09cheguevara.htm
- Berman, P. 2014. Should we love Che Guevara?. [online] Available at: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2004/09/the_cult_of_che.html