Latin America Diaries - Softcover

Che Guevara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980429277 ISBN 13: 9780980429275

Publisher: OCEAN PRESS, 2011

Synopsis

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's epic, revolution inducing journey through Latin America was captured in his classic work, The Motorcycle Diaries. His second trip through the continent reveals the emergence of a revolutionary icon, captured in these writings - his diary entries, poetry, journalism and letters. Togther they document his life after leaving medical school, travelling through Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador and his witnessing of the US-inspired coup in Guatemala before travelling to Mexico where he encounters Fidel Castro, a defining relationship in the hitory of revolution.

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About the Author:

One of Time magazine's "icons of the century," Ernesto Che Guevara was born in Argentina in 1928. After graduating from medical school, he traveled throughout Latin America. After meeting Fidel Castro in Mexico, he joined the revolutionary forces that overthrew the Batista dictatorship in Cuba in 1959. He became a central leader of the Cuban revolutionary government and later led guerrilla missions to Africa and Bolivia, where he was assassinated in 1967on the orders of the CIA. His life has been dramatized in two recent popular movies: "The Motorcycle Diaries" (directed by Walter Salles, starring Gael Garcia Bernal) and Steven Soderbergh's epic "Che" (starring Benicio Del Toro).

Ernesto Guevara is the younger son of Ernesto Che Guevara and Aleida March. He lives in Havana and works as a lawyer.

About this edition

• Publisher: OCEAN PRESS
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0980429277
• ISBN 13: 9780980429275
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180