Karl Marx's Camel
7th October 2005, 11:55
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born in Rosario, Argentina on 14 June 1928, in the bosom of an aristocratic, yet socialist-minded family.
Latin American revolutionary and political leader, whose refusal to join both the capitalism and the orthodox comunism, turned him into an emblem of the socialist struggle. Due to his wild, romantic semblance, Che Guevara means today a legend for the revolutionary youth of the world, an example of faithfulness and total devotion to the union of the subjugated peoples.
That was when he was given the nickname "Che", in a reference to his Argentinean way of speaking. In the late 1950s, when Fidel and the guerrilleros invade Cuba, Che follows them, first as a doctor and then taking over the command of the revolutionary army. Finally, on December 31st 1958, Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista is deposed.
They visit several comunist countries in Eastern Europe and Asia.
Enthusiastically opposed to the American influence in the Third World, Guevara's presence was crucial to the configuration of Castro's regime and the Cuban approach to the comunist block, abandoning the traditional ties that had connected the island and the United States.
Che Guevara was also in several African countries, mainly in Congo. There, he supported anti-Belgian revolutionaries, taking a force of 120 Cuban men. After many battles, they were defeated and in the Autumn of 1965 he asked Castro to withdraw the Cuban troops.
I might be wrong right here but, this isn't quite how it was, was it? That he asked for permission from Castro to withdraw?
Everything from the very same article: http://www.mibsasquerido.com.ar/wcelebrities06.htm
Latin American revolutionary and political leader, whose refusal to join both the capitalism and the orthodox comunism, turned him into an emblem of the socialist struggle. Due to his wild, romantic semblance, Che Guevara means today a legend for the revolutionary youth of the world, an example of faithfulness and total devotion to the union of the subjugated peoples.
That was when he was given the nickname "Che", in a reference to his Argentinean way of speaking. In the late 1950s, when Fidel and the guerrilleros invade Cuba, Che follows them, first as a doctor and then taking over the command of the revolutionary army. Finally, on December 31st 1958, Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista is deposed.
They visit several comunist countries in Eastern Europe and Asia.
Enthusiastically opposed to the American influence in the Third World, Guevara's presence was crucial to the configuration of Castro's regime and the Cuban approach to the comunist block, abandoning the traditional ties that had connected the island and the United States.
Che Guevara was also in several African countries, mainly in Congo. There, he supported anti-Belgian revolutionaries, taking a force of 120 Cuban men. After many battles, they were defeated and in the Autumn of 1965 he asked Castro to withdraw the Cuban troops.
I might be wrong right here but, this isn't quite how it was, was it? That he asked for permission from Castro to withdraw?
Everything from the very same article: http://www.mibsasquerido.com.ar/wcelebrities06.htm