Che Guevara
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The people of Cuba struggled against immense odds to emerge victorious from years of brutal dictatorship and poverty in 1959. This is Che Guevara's classic eyewitness account of the transformation of a country and also the transformation of Che himself - from a troop doctor to a revolutionary leader, who would become one of the greatest icons of the 20th century. Following the phenomenally successful film adaptation of The Motorcycle Diaries, two...
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"This new edition of Che Guevara's diary of the last year of his life describes Che's efforts to launch a guerrilla insurrection against the military government of Bolivia. It was found in his backpack when he was captured by the Bolivian Army in October 1967.This edition includes Fidel Castro's "A Necessary Introduction," exposing the lies of an earlier, pre-emptive edition prepared by the C.I.A. to discredit Che and the Bolivian expedition, as well...
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In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on an ancient Norton motorbike. The journey would last six months and would take them thousands of miles, all the way up from Argentina to Venezuela. En route there would be disasters and discoveries, high drama, low comedy, fights, parties and a lot of serious drinking. They would meet an extraordinary range of people: native Indians and copper miners, lepers, police,...
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"Diarios de Motocicleta es el diario de viaje del Che Guevara, viaje en el que descubre el continente de América Latina mientras es estudiante de medicina, comenzando en 1952 manejando una antigua motocicleta Norton junto a su amigo Alberto Granado, un bioquímico. Captura, se puede argumentar, inigualablemente a cualquier otro libro, la exuberancia y alegría de una persona joven con la firme convicción que la humanidad tiende hacia la justicia,...
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A portrait of the man who overthrew a dictatorship and became a revolutionary before his life was ended. Includes both Che Part One: The Argentine and Part Two: Guerrilla and bonus features.