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1950s – 1997: The story of Che as written by Fidel Castro
Che: A Memoir By Fidel Castro
What you need to know before your trail
n a new, expanded edition of a best-selling Ocean classic, Castro describes a historic political partnership that changed the face of Cuba and Latin America. He vividly portrays Che–the man, the revolutionary, and the thinker–recounting in detail his last days with Che in Cuba, giving a remarkably frank assessment of the Bolivian mission.
Fidel Castro, in an unusually gentle, quite emotional mood, remarks, “For me it has been hard to accept the idea that Che is dead. I have dreamed of him often, that I spoke with him, that he was alive . . .” Includes Castro’s speech on the return of Che’s remains to Cuba in 1997.
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Travel Booktrail style through the life and locations of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
Ernesto “Che” Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, guerrilla leader, and was also a keen traveller and author. He was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution.
As a young medical student, Guevara travelled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger and disease he saw whilst on his travels. He wanted to help reverse the USA’s capitalist exploitation of Latin America. In Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the aim of overthrowing the U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Following the Cuban Revolution, Guevara performed a number of key roles in the new government. He played a central role in training the militia forces who repelled the Bay of Pigs Invasion and bringing Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles to Cuba, which precipitated the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Guevara remains both a revered and reviled historical figure. His face has been used on posters and in campaigns as a revolutionary figure for the dispossesed across the world.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Che: A Memoir By Fidel Castro
Destination: Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico Author/guide: Fidel Castro Departure Time: 1950s – 1997
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