Che Guevara and Castro: One of the central figures in the Cuban revolutionary movement, the main founder and leader of socialist Cuba, the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Communist Party of Cuba, a well-known international communist revolutionary, military theorist, politician, doctor, writer and leader of the guerrillas. Despite being shot for years, Che Guevara's influence has not diminished in the slightest.
[Guevara and Castro] "Wears a black beret, always smokes a cigar, has long curly hair, and has deep and melancholy eyes." "This is a classic look that Che Guevara left to posterity, and his head has long become a symbol of the global counterculture. (This is a set of old photographs reflecting Che Guevara's life and the scene of his murder, which was only exposed in 2014.) ）
[Che Guevara and the guerrillas] In March 1965, after returning to Havana after visiting Asian and African countries, Che Guevara was never seen again on major occasions in Cuban politics. It turned out that after Che Guevara returned from a visit, he resigned from all positions. Soon after, Che Guevara left a farewell letter to Custer and went to Kinshasa, eastern Congo, Africa, to fight guerrilla warfare.
In his farewell letter, Che Guevara wrote, "Wherever there is imperialism, fight it; all this is enough to inspire and heal any wound." However, after the defeat of the guerrilla war in the Congo, Che Guevara returned to South America and went deep into the Bolivian jungles to continue the guerrilla war. This time he was not so lucky and was quickly captured by Bolivian government forces.
Jungle guerrilla warfare is a very difficult thing, requiring a strong will of perseverance, Guevara has such qualities, but his team members do not. On October 8, 1967, a deserter in Che Guevara's guerrilla group revealed Che Guevara's whereabouts to Bolivian government forces, and Che Guevara was soon captured. After a day, Che Guevara was shot and shot nine times, at the age of 39.
When Che Guevara was executed, Guevara was not afraid, and he shouted at the enemy: "Shoot, coward!" You're going to kill a man! After Che Guevara was killed, his portrait quickly became a universal symbol of counterculture, a symbol of global popular culture, a hero of the Third World Communist Revolution and a symbol of the Left Movement in the West. The American magazine Time magazine even selected Che Guevara as one of the top 100 influential people in the twentieth century.
[Che Guevara's remains] "He who is already dead has his hair tangled, his hands are missing, and the last glimpse of death is tinged with pity and serenity, and indeed he is surrounded by the light of a stable and peaceful Son." "This is the memoir of the soldier who witnessed Che Guevara's killing at the scene, and after Guevara was killed, his hands were cut off. When the photos were taken, his body was secretly buried.
In July 1997, Che Guevara's remains were finally found, re-buried and transported back to Cuba. When Che Guevara's coffin arrived at Havara Airport, Castro had been waiting at the airport for a long time. Castro gave Che Guevara a grand state funeral and eventually buried him in Santa Clara, where Che Guevara fought.
Why Guevara left shortly after the victory of the Cuban Revolution, and what kind of contradictions arose between him and Castro, can no longer be answered with castro's death. One thing is for sure, Castro still has great respect for Guevara. When news of Che Guevara's murder reached Cuba that year, Custer said: "Che's death will be a heavy blow to the Cuban revolution, especially fidel Castro." ”
Che Guevara has long been a symbol, and his head frequently appears on the T-shirts worn by young people around the world. Someone said of the controversial Che Guevara, "Che Guevara is the process of falling from the clouds to hell, and he has pushed the adventurous spirit of modern people to the extreme." He was a warrior who sacrificed his life and forgot his life, he was a rebel with romantic feelings, he was a mysterious and determined revolutionary, he was a rebel who regarded death as a homecoming. ”