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6th July 2005, 21:26
he Guevara's Daughter Writes Chavez Bio
>
>By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
>
>HAVANA (AP) - Revolutionary fighter Che Guevara's daughter has
>written a book about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez based on
>interviews in which they discussed his childhood, family and
>relationship with Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
>
>``It is always thrilling to know a bit more about a human being who
>has decided to transform society, especially when that
>transformation is meant to improve the lives of his people,'' Aleida
>Guevara wrote on the book's back cover.
>
>The book, published by Ocean Press and titled ``Chavez: Venezuela
>and the New Latin America,'' was presented in Havana Friday by the
>author and Adan Chavez, Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba and also the
>president's brother.
>
>Guevara met with Chavez twice in February of 2004 in Caracas,
>Venezuela for the interview. In the 145-page book, the president
>talks about his childhood in the southwest region of Barinas, where
>he was born in 1954, and his close relationship with his grandmother
>Rosa Ines, who raised him.
>
>The Venezuelan leader also speaks openly about his children, his
>political life and his friendship with Castro.
>
>``Those who have tried to damage my personal or political image for
>the special relationship I have with Fidel don't realize that
>they've only given it more power,'' Chavez says in the book.
>
>Chavez, who is a close ally of the Cuban president, says Castro is
>like an older brother - a father even - with whom he discusses ideas
>and receives health advice.
>
>The book has a personal touch because the author's father Che
>Guevara and Castro were brothers-in-arms in the Cuban revolution and
>looming icons of the left in Latin America and around the world.
>
>Distribution of the book has begun in English in the United States
>and Great Britain, and in Spanish in Venezuela and Argentina,
>according to Ocean Press. It will be released in Ecuador shortly.
>
>On the Net:
>
>www.oceanbooks.com.au
>
>By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
>
>HAVANA (AP) - Revolutionary fighter Che Guevara's daughter has
>written a book about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez based on
>interviews in which they discussed his childhood, family and
>relationship with Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
>
>``It is always thrilling to know a bit more about a human being who
>has decided to transform society, especially when that
>transformation is meant to improve the lives of his people,'' Aleida
>Guevara wrote on the book's back cover.
>
>The book, published by Ocean Press and titled ``Chavez: Venezuela
>and the New Latin America,'' was presented in Havana Friday by the
>author and Adan Chavez, Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba and also the
>president's brother.
>
>Guevara met with Chavez twice in February of 2004 in Caracas,
>Venezuela for the interview. In the 145-page book, the president
>talks about his childhood in the southwest region of Barinas, where
>he was born in 1954, and his close relationship with his grandmother
>Rosa Ines, who raised him.
>
>The Venezuelan leader also speaks openly about his children, his
>political life and his friendship with Castro.
>
>``Those who have tried to damage my personal or political image for
>the special relationship I have with Fidel don't realize that
>they've only given it more power,'' Chavez says in the book.
>
>Chavez, who is a close ally of the Cuban president, says Castro is
>like an older brother - a father even - with whom he discusses ideas
>and receives health advice.
>
>The book has a personal touch because the author's father Che
>Guevara and Castro were brothers-in-arms in the Cuban revolution and
>looming icons of the left in Latin America and around the world.
>
>Distribution of the book has begun in English in the United States
>and Great Britain, and in Spanish in Venezuela and Argentina,
>according to Ocean Press. It will be released in Ecuador shortly.
>
>On the Net:
>
>www.oceanbooks.com.au