O argentino-cubano Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, conhecido por «Che» Guevara, foi um dos comandantes da Revolução cubana, ao lado de Fidel e outros revolucionários, tendo assumido vários cargos na reorganização do Estado entre 1959 e 1965.
Com uma personalidade multifacetada – foi guerrilheiro, político, jornalista, escritor e médico – Che deixa Cuba para lutar por um mundo mais justo.
Chega à Bolívia em Março de 1967, com um grupo de guerrilheiros.
É cercado por militares bolivianos e capturado, ferido mas com vida, a 8 de Outubro.
Cumprindo ordens da CIA, o presidente da Bolívia, René Barrientos, autoriza a execução sumária de Che no dia seguinte e manda esconder o corpo, que só virá a ser encontrado 30 anos depois.
Os restos mortais foram trasladados para Cuba, onde é homenageado como herói nacional.
Soldadito de Bolivia, soldadito boliviano, armado vas con tu rifle, que es un rifle americano, soldadito de Bolivia, que es un rifle americano. Te lo dio el señor Barrientos, soldadito boliviano, (...)
Te lo dio el señor Barrientos, soldadito boliviano, regalo de mister Johnson, para matar a tu hermano, para matar a tu hermano, soldadito de Bolivia, para matar a tu hermano.
This clip is from the documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro. In this clip Felix Rodriguez, the man who was ordered the assassination of Che Guevara tells his story of Che's last moments and of his relationship with the Bush family over the years. In his lifetime he has attempted to assasinate Fidel Castro 3 times.
El Che Guevara se equivocó... no se equivocó... no lo sé...
No lo sé y creo que en el fondo no me importa...
Porque, lo que sí sé... es que no le reprochan que se haya equivocado.
En el fondo, el che cometió un pecado imperdonable... Un pecado que no se perdona.
Hizo lo que dijo... y dijo, lo que pensó.
Imperdonable. En América Latina, no se como será en otros lugares del mundo, pero en América Latina... La palabra y el acto no se encuentran nunca. A veces se cruzan por la casualidad... Y no se saludan, porque no se reconocen.
This is the early evening edition of the news. The recent fight in the House of Representatives was over the open housing section of the Civil Rights Bill. Brought traditional enemies together but it left the defenders of the measure without the votes of their strongest supporters. President Johnson originally proposed an outright ban covering discrimination by everyone for every type of housing but it had no chance from the start and everyone in Congress knew it. A compromise was painfully worked out in the House Judiciary Committee. In Los Angeles today comedian Lenny Bruce died of what was believed to be an overdoes of narcotics. Bruce was 42 years old. Dr. Martin Luther King says he does not intend to cancel plans for an open housing march Sunday into the Chicago suburb of Cicero. Cook County Sheriff Richard Ogleby asked King to call off the march and the police in Cicero said they would ask the National Guard to be called out if it is held. King, now in Atlanta, Georgia, plans to return to Chicago Tuesday. In Chicago Richard Speck, accused murderer of nine student nurses, was brought before a grand jury today for indictment. The nurses were found stabbed an strangled in their Chicago apartment. In Washington the atmosphere was tense today as a special subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American activities continued its probe into anti- Viet nam war protests. Demonstrators were forcibly evicted from the hearings when they began chanting anti-war slogans. Former Vice-President Richard Nixon says that unless there is a substantial increase in the present war effort in Viet nam, the U.S. should look forward to five more years of war. In a speech before the Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in New York, Nixon also said opposition to the war in this country is the greatest single weapon working against the U.S. That's the 7 o'clock edition of the news, Goodnight.
Silent night Holy night All is calm All is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
I got a letter from old George W., It said, "Son, I hate to trouble ya, But this war of mine is going bad. It's time for me to roll the dice; I know you've already been there twice, But I am sending you back to Baghdad."
Chorus: Hey! George W. told the nation, "This is not an escalation; This is just a surge toward victory. Just to win my little war, I'm sending 20,000 more, To help me save Iraq from Iraqis.
And, so, I made it to Iraq In time for one more sneak attack, And to my old battalion I was sent. We drive around in our Humvees, Listening to The Black-Eyed Peas And speaking fondly of the president. (To Chorus)
Celebrities all come to see us, Grateful they don't have to be us, Politicians show their best face card. Where is Bubba? Where's our leader? Where's our favorite lip reader? AWOL from the Texas National Guard
If you're hunkered in Fallujah Wondering who it was who screwed ya, Wondering what became of "Shock and Awe!"
(more) You are feeling semi-certain It has to do with Halliburton, Dick Cheney's why you drew that fatal straw.
I got a letter from L. B. J. It said this is your lucky day. It's time to put your khaki trousers on. Though it may seem very queer We've got no jobs to give you here So we are sending you to Viet Nam
[Chorus:] Lyndon Johnson told the nation, "Have no fear of escalation. I am trying everyone to please. Though it isn't really war, We're sending fifty thousand more, To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese."
I jumped off the old troop ship, And sank in mud up to my hips. I cussed until the captain called me down. Never mind how hard it's raining, Think of all the ground we're gaining, Just don't take one step outside of town.
[Cho:]
Every night the local gentry, Sneak out past the sleeping sentry. They go to join the old VC. In their nightly little dramas, They put on their black pajamas, And come lobbing mortar shells at me.
[Cho:]
We go round in helicopters, Like a bunch of big grasshoppers, Searching for the Viet Cong in vain. They left a note that they had gone. They had to get down to Saigon, Their government positions to maintain.
[Cho:]
Well here I sit in this rice paddy, Wondering about Big Daddy, And I know that Lyndon loves me so. Yet how sadly I remember, Way back yonder in November, When he said I'd never have to go.
This clip is from the documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro. In this clip Felix Rodriguez, the man who was ordered the assassination of Che Guevara tells his story of Che's last moments and of his relationship with the Bush family over the years. In his lifetime he has attempted to assasinate Fidel Castro 3 times.
White House Memorandum, October 9, 1967: Walt Rostow reports in this memorandum to President Johnson that unconfirmed information suggests that the Bolivian battalion - «the one we have been training» - «got Che Guevara.»