March 19th 1967, Che and his men are joined by a few old acquaintances. They include French Marxist Rgis Debray, and two long-time supporters of the revolution artist Ciro Bustos and the former East Germans spy and suspected KGB operative named Tania...
Fidel urges Che to abandon the mission and bring his fighters home. Their retreat from the Congo was ignominious, thats how hideous himself described it. They just barely escaped with their lives. Admitting defeat, Che holds up at the embassy in Tanz...
The Cubans also have their eyes on Africa, particularly on what had been the former Belgian Congo. The Congo lay at the heart of Africa. It could be a kind of motor or heart for socialist revolution which could radiate outward and liberate the hemisp...
Without consulting Castro or Che, Khrushchev makes a deal with Kennedy. America would never invade Cuba. We will take our missiles out. To Fidel Castro and Che, it is an act of absolute betrayal. And it was Che who was the first Cuban official face t...
Within a year of Fidel Castro coming to power, the capitalistic economy in Cuba has crumbled. Che Guevara is directly involved in seizing land. Foreign interests are nationalized. Thousands of Cubans are leaving, relations with the U.S. sour, and Cub...
The Soviets agree to buy what the Americans want. They needed weapons, so Soviet Union started to sell their old Soviet tanks and some fighters, airplanes. The Soviets also supplied them with oil, which US-owned refineries in Cuba refused to process....
Over the next 18 months, hundreds, some say, thousands of people are executed by firing squad. The killings helped cement Che's terrifying reputation Both of them, they are killers, they are murderers, Castro has killed thousands of people, and Che G...
After a two-year-hit-and-run war against the forces of the Cuban president Fulgencio Batista, a guerrilla force led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara has now gained control over Cuba. In Havana, it will be Che's job to keep the new revolutionary govern...
Fidel Castro and his rebel army, now over about 800 men begin to move through Orien province, while Che attacks army garrisons using psychological guerilla tactics to scare away the enemy. By Monday, at one of the morning, 12:01, to one shot into the...
He was pretty rough, he was not known for his delicacy. Along with his doctors duties, Che proves himself repeatedly on the battlefield. Its been said in more hands-on fashion than Fidel. Che was a true model in front of us. While Fidel looks for a p...
February 17th, 1957, hiding out in the Cuban jungle, a small band of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro contends with the constant threat of army ambushes and traitors in their mist. But thanks in part to Che Guevara's ruthlessness, the group is slo...
When Che finally reunites with Fidel Castro and the others, he's shocked to see how small the group is. Only 17 of the original 82 men on board the Granma, amongst them, Che and the Castrol brothers, Fidel and Raul were amongst the survivors. The inv...
They anticipate a 5-day journey. Che writes a letter to his mother, informing her of his actions. Hilda is to mail it if he should die in battle. In essence, saying his last goodbyes to Hilda and his young daughter that if he survived he would see th...
Mexico had a historic standing as one of the countries on the flank of the United States, who had stood up to Yankee imperialism at the turn of the century. Ernesto reconnects with his Cuban friends and is introduced to Raul Castro. After serving 22...
And this wandering around our 'America with a capital A' has changed me more than I thought. When he finished medical school, he said, See, you thought I couldnt do it, but I graduated. So pack your bags, because we're gonna be leaving soon. Ernesto...
