“Che” What a common name in Latin America,What a common name in revolutionary African states?Ask Mandela he'll make a speech of him,the late Kabila would compose a song and Museveni will even write a biography!.This is nothing but a sign which the author of this article shares meaning ,a friends or buddy. This is one of the greatest heroes in the history of Human struggle against poverty,ignorance and oppression. If Che was alive today we would have no need of writing this article for he could have describe himself well in only two lines,here this ...”Being a revolutionary is the highest level of civilization”. That was really Che. He was born in Argentina,had a movement in Guatemala, maneuvered in Mexico,ministered in Cuba,fought in Congo and died in Bolivia. What a Super-hero we are encountering!!.
His real name was Ernesto Guevara Dela Sena and he was born in the Argentine's capital Buerno Aires in a place called Rosario in 4thJune 1928.His mother was known as Celia Dela Sena and the father was Guevara Lynch. He was a brother of five children born in a middle class family of Spanish-Irish -descent and Leftist attitude thus preparing a man of guerrilla warfare and . “No one can withhold ones destiny”, that was true with Che who used to suffer from asthmatic attacks yet he exercised as athlete and scholar thus completing medical studies in 1953.He was a man of his type,instead of spending holidays with girlfriends and palls,he used to visit many countries of Latin America whereby his observation of poverty in mass level convinced him that the only solution for all these was/is a violent revolution and decided to go on with this conviction which has created history for us.
In 1953,now a professional doctor,Che unselfishly abandoned prosperity and went to Guatemala for a movement against imperialism and proceeding on he went to Mexico where he met his counterparts,the notable Fidel and Raul Castro [Political Exile from Cuba ] with the same revolutionary vision,they prepared an attempt to overthrow dictator Fulgenso Batista of Cuba in 1956 but unlucky they failed and Che was wounded. Three years later in 02/01/1959 they finally won and stated a Marxist government whereby Che was granted Cuban citizenship. This was a great time to the socialist doctor to show his revolution heart. Serving in Cuba as a chief of Industrial department,national Institution of Agrarian,president of of the national Bank of Cuba and a minister of industries. These responsibilities made him to be known in the western countries for opposing all forms of imperialism,neo-colonialism and US foreign policy of interference through CIA. He was a theoretician of guerrilla warfare and he even wrote a book on what named “Guerrilla Warfare” where in page 21 he says “....Whoever does feel this undoubted truth{revolution} can not be a guerrilla fighter.....”.In general,Doctor Che was a prominent communist figure(1956-1959).
Usually famous people make a strange decision which turn to be a fame/legend. Che was not backward in that for after April 1965 he dropped out of public life and was secretively though it is believed that at this time he was in Congo with other Cuban commanders helping to organize the Patrice Lumumba battalions for there was a civil war. It seems that the late Congo-Kinshasa's President Laurent Kabila had the privilege of learning guerrilla tactics from the great Field Marshal Enersto Che Guevara. The story does not end in central Africa. Where then it does end? It seems as if it ended on the autumn of 1966 when he went to the Bolivia incognito to lead a guerrilla group in the region called Santa Cruiz and tragically in 08/10/1967 his group was almost annihilated by a special detachment of the Bolivia Army,he was captured after being wounded and later believed to shot. Why did he accepted to die there? Listen to one of his best friend Castro; “The fact that Che was wounded while advancing on the Bolivia and allied soldiers was a very natural thing for him to have done. Also characteristics of him was the fact he continued to fight even though he had been seriously wounded...”
Was this really end of commander Che?. Let us hear a big “NO” from Castro “...It was their intention [Bolivian assassins] to deprive the revolutionary movement of its memorial symbol,site and focal point in Latin America. In short they are afraid of Che even after his death....who could deny the significance of Che's death?Its significance to us?And to the revolutionary?We must begin from the truth we know and turn Che`s example into our own invincible strength and push the revolution forward. Now is the time to firmer than ever in our new life,more prepared and determined to keep going straight ahead. 41? years after his death,who is Ce?Does he still alive? Of course his legends,he is still mythic figure and a celebrity,some call him an avenging angel,others a gentle figure redeemer,some warship him a saint patron Vellemgrade-Bolivia and is renamed “Santo Ernesto”. He is still loved globally and all over the World one can see watches,cups,calendars and T-shirts with a slogan “...it is better to die standing than to live on your knees..” and his picture with a red star revolution hat. He is still inspirational,charming and influential even after death. Here this “....a team of Cuban and Argentine scientists knelt in a deep pit before seven dirty skeletons...homed in skeleton number 2...Its skull shrouded by an olive arm jacket much like the one Che wore in photograph taken after his capture. Seconds before lifting a green jacket to expose the skull a Cuban geophysicist lowered his head in a gesture of respect. The crowd of journalist and local towns people that had gathered to watch fell silent. Then as the jacket was removed,several Cuban scientists broke down in sobs:Two hugged each other tightly. Everyone was overcome with emotional,not just the Cubans. He is still a Cuban secular saint remembered even by Cuban school kids every morning when they repeat in union; “...Pioneros Communistas seremos corno el Che..” meaning ..”Communist pioneers,we will be like Che”
So the hundreds of version about what happened to Che was over in July 1997 when his skeleton was excavated in the Bolivian Highlands,accompanied with a private military ceremony and a great anniversary in October.His body was then moved to Santa Clara where a museum was being built in the shadow of a 23-ton statue of the defiant Che gripping his rifle.His Argentine friend Alberto Granado claim that Che`s death was not a useless death and that he dead well.Bolivian propaganda claim that Che said “....I am Che Guevara and Iam defeated..” when he was captured but I join hand those who claim that he said “...Don`t shoot,I am Che Guevara and I am worth more to you alive than dead..” as his royal helper Willis threw down his rifle and exclaimed “...this is commander Guevara and he deserve respect...”No one can mar the fact that Che was confident unto death as he proves through his farewell “..I know you are going to shoot me,I have should never have been taken alive.Tell Fidel that this failure does not mean the end of revolution that it will triumph elsewhee.Tell Aleida [Che`s wife] to forget this,re-marry and be happy,and keep the children studying.Ask the soldier to shoot well...”
As usual,famous heroes and heroiness die early,as it was with Shaka,Martin.L. King JR. and Jesus Christ it was so it was with Che for he dead at a tender age of 39yrs. As it is sung “...When water run dry,one go to the road and die on bended knee...”That was the end of our mortal hero,a fighter doctor who attended both his own wounded solders and the enemies. What a Christ like character? One who was resting when caught with an asthmatic attack,he-the lover and the beloved of the childrean,the friend of all and an enemy of all forms of oppression,a man who was absolutely honest,completely selfless,constant perfecting his personality,a man who is still living in great minds and reviewed in media and films,field Marshal Commandat,Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Lynch Dela Sena.
Through shun as a prodigal in his homeland of Argentina and label in the impearist,though he failed in all but one of his revolutionary adventure we admit that we will remember him as a paradigm.Let us be revolutionary like Che in our Education,in our politics and economy,in our social relation and even in our illogical religious bias.Let us join Nicolas Guillen to sing a poem of emphasis:
His real name was Ernesto Guevara Dela Sena and he was born in the Argentine's capital Buerno Aires in a place called Rosario in 4thJune 1928.His mother was known as Celia Dela Sena and the father was Guevara Lynch. He was a brother of five children born in a middle class family of Spanish-Irish -descent and Leftist attitude thus preparing a man of guerrilla warfare and . “No one can withhold ones destiny”, that was true with Che who used to suffer from asthmatic attacks yet he exercised as athlete and scholar thus completing medical studies in 1953.He was a man of his type,instead of spending holidays with girlfriends and palls,he used to visit many countries of Latin America whereby his observation of poverty in mass level convinced him that the only solution for all these was/is a violent revolution and decided to go on with this conviction which has created history for us.
In 1953,now a professional doctor,Che unselfishly abandoned prosperity and went to Guatemala for a movement against imperialism and proceeding on he went to Mexico where he met his counterparts,the notable Fidel and Raul Castro [Political Exile from Cuba ] with the same revolutionary vision,they prepared an attempt to overthrow dictator Fulgenso Batista of Cuba in 1956 but unlucky they failed and Che was wounded. Three years later in 02/01/1959 they finally won and stated a Marxist government whereby Che was granted Cuban citizenship. This was a great time to the socialist doctor to show his revolution heart. Serving in Cuba as a chief of Industrial department,national Institution of Agrarian,president of of the national Bank of Cuba and a minister of industries. These responsibilities made him to be known in the western countries for opposing all forms of imperialism,neo-colonialism and US foreign policy of interference through CIA. He was a theoretician of guerrilla warfare and he even wrote a book on what named “Guerrilla Warfare” where in page 21 he says “....Whoever does feel this undoubted truth{revolution} can not be a guerrilla fighter.....”.In general,Doctor Che was a prominent communist figure(1956-1959).
Usually famous people make a strange decision which turn to be a fame/legend. Che was not backward in that for after April 1965 he dropped out of public life and was secretively though it is believed that at this time he was in Congo with other Cuban commanders helping to organize the Patrice Lumumba battalions for there was a civil war. It seems that the late Congo-Kinshasa's President Laurent Kabila had the privilege of learning guerrilla tactics from the great Field Marshal Enersto Che Guevara. The story does not end in central Africa. Where then it does end? It seems as if it ended on the autumn of 1966 when he went to the Bolivia incognito to lead a guerrilla group in the region called Santa Cruiz and tragically in 08/10/1967 his group was almost annihilated by a special detachment of the Bolivia Army,he was captured after being wounded and later believed to shot. Why did he accepted to die there? Listen to one of his best friend Castro; “The fact that Che was wounded while advancing on the Bolivia and allied soldiers was a very natural thing for him to have done. Also characteristics of him was the fact he continued to fight even though he had been seriously wounded...”
Was this really end of commander Che?. Let us hear a big “NO” from Castro “...It was their intention [Bolivian assassins] to deprive the revolutionary movement of its memorial symbol,site and focal point in Latin America. In short they are afraid of Che even after his death....who could deny the significance of Che's death?Its significance to us?And to the revolutionary?We must begin from the truth we know and turn Che`s example into our own invincible strength and push the revolution forward. Now is the time to firmer than ever in our new life,more prepared and determined to keep going straight ahead. 41? years after his death,who is Ce?Does he still alive? Of course his legends,he is still mythic figure and a celebrity,some call him an avenging angel,others a gentle figure redeemer,some warship him a saint patron Vellemgrade-Bolivia and is renamed “Santo Ernesto”. He is still loved globally and all over the World one can see watches,cups,calendars and T-shirts with a slogan “...it is better to die standing than to live on your knees..” and his picture with a red star revolution hat. He is still inspirational,charming and influential even after death. Here this “....a team of Cuban and Argentine scientists knelt in a deep pit before seven dirty skeletons...homed in skeleton number 2...Its skull shrouded by an olive arm jacket much like the one Che wore in photograph taken after his capture. Seconds before lifting a green jacket to expose the skull a Cuban geophysicist lowered his head in a gesture of respect. The crowd of journalist and local towns people that had gathered to watch fell silent. Then as the jacket was removed,several Cuban scientists broke down in sobs:Two hugged each other tightly. Everyone was overcome with emotional,not just the Cubans. He is still a Cuban secular saint remembered even by Cuban school kids every morning when they repeat in union; “...Pioneros Communistas seremos corno el Che..” meaning ..”Communist pioneers,we will be like Che”
So the hundreds of version about what happened to Che was over in July 1997 when his skeleton was excavated in the Bolivian Highlands,accompanied with a private military ceremony and a great anniversary in October.His body was then moved to Santa Clara where a museum was being built in the shadow of a 23-ton statue of the defiant Che gripping his rifle.His Argentine friend Alberto Granado claim that Che`s death was not a useless death and that he dead well.Bolivian propaganda claim that Che said “....I am Che Guevara and Iam defeated..” when he was captured but I join hand those who claim that he said “...Don`t shoot,I am Che Guevara and I am worth more to you alive than dead..” as his royal helper Willis threw down his rifle and exclaimed “...this is commander Guevara and he deserve respect...”No one can mar the fact that Che was confident unto death as he proves through his farewell “..I know you are going to shoot me,I have should never have been taken alive.Tell Fidel that this failure does not mean the end of revolution that it will triumph elsewhee.Tell Aleida [Che`s wife] to forget this,re-marry and be happy,and keep the children studying.Ask the soldier to shoot well...”
As usual,famous heroes and heroiness die early,as it was with Shaka,Martin.L. King JR. and Jesus Christ it was so it was with Che for he dead at a tender age of 39yrs. As it is sung “...When water run dry,one go to the road and die on bended knee...”That was the end of our mortal hero,a fighter doctor who attended both his own wounded solders and the enemies. What a Christ like character? One who was resting when caught with an asthmatic attack,he-the lover and the beloved of the childrean,the friend of all and an enemy of all forms of oppression,a man who was absolutely honest,completely selfless,constant perfecting his personality,a man who is still living in great minds and reviewed in media and films,field Marshal Commandat,Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Lynch Dela Sena.
Through shun as a prodigal in his homeland of Argentina and label in the impearist,though he failed in all but one of his revolutionary adventure we admit that we will remember him as a paradigm.Let us be revolutionary like Che in our Education,in our politics and economy,in our social relation and even in our illogical religious bias.Let us join Nicolas Guillen to sing a poem of emphasis:
You are everywhere, In the Indians.In the black man. Like a young saint,we remember you each day... there is no peace salud Guevera! Oh better still,from the very depth of America,wait for us. We will leave with you,we want to die and to live, as you have died and live, as you live on... Che command ate Amigo
Let us join hand with Che and chant;Long live freedom,Reevolution high and higher.Away with oppression,Viva Che commandate ,we will be like Che!
Aluta continua Ou Morte Vinceremo!!!!
Adios Amigo Che Commandante.
Author: Chambi Chachage
The original Article as it was writen in 1998.
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