John Lenin
10th October 2008, 14:54
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Bust of Ernesto ’Che’ Guevara unveiled in Austria
By Associated Press
Thursday, October 9, 2008
VIENNA, Austria - A bronze bust of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara has been unveiled in the Austrian capital.
The bust shows the bearded Che wearing a beret. It stands 70 centimeters (28 inches) high and was paid for by donations collected by an Austrian-Cuban group.
Vienna Mayor Michael Haeupl unveiled it Thursday in a park along the Danube River.
Critics say the statuette has no place in a public setting because it honors a mass murderer.
Guevara was born in Argentina 80 years ago and together with Fidel Castro led a guerrilla campaign that overthrew Cuba’s U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He was executed in Bolivia in 1967 after trying to foment a similar revolution there.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1124518
Bust of Ernesto ’Che’ Guevara unveiled in Austria
By Associated Press
Thursday, October 9, 2008
VIENNA, Austria - A bronze bust of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara has been unveiled in the Austrian capital.
The bust shows the bearded Che wearing a beret. It stands 70 centimeters (28 inches) high and was paid for by donations collected by an Austrian-Cuban group.
Vienna Mayor Michael Haeupl unveiled it Thursday in a park along the Danube River.
Critics say the statuette has no place in a public setting because it honors a mass murderer.
Guevara was born in Argentina 80 years ago and together with Fidel Castro led a guerrilla campaign that overthrew Cuba’s U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He was executed in Bolivia in 1967 after trying to foment a similar revolution there.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1124518