OUR AMERICA AND THEIRS : Kennedy and the Alliance for Progress (Che Guevara Publishing Project) - Softcover

Che Guevara

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ISBN 10: 1876175818 ISBN 13: 9781876175818

Publisher: OCEAN PRESS, 2006

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To check the spread of revolution in Latin America in 1961, Kennedy proposed the Alliance for Progress - a program for free trade and development in the Americas. Che Guevara, described by Time magazine as """"Cuba's scraggle-bearded economic czar"""" condemned the plan as a new strategy to subjugate the continent to US interests. Includes previously unpublished material, such as Che's televised speech outlining the issues raised by the Alliance.

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; Che's take on Kennedy's 1961 plans to block the spread of revolution in Latin America; Includes never-before-published material, such as Che's televised speeches on the subject; Robert Redford's film "The Motorcycle Diaries" and Steven Soderbergh's forthcoming biopic will ensure continued interest in Che Guevara Showdown at Punta del Este, 1961. The debate on free trade and development in Latin America. To check the spread of revolution in Latin America in 1961, Kennedy proposed the Alliance for Progress - a program for free trade and development in the Americas. Che Guevara, described at the time by Time magazine as "Cuba's scraggle-bearded economic czar," condemned the plan as a new strategy to subjugate the continent to U.S. interests. The introduction describes the backstage drama that unfolded when Kennedy's special envoy Richard Goodwin had a cordial encounter with Che at a late night party. The book includes never-before-published material, such as Che's televized speech in which he outlines the issues posed by the Alliance for Progress. It Published in association with the Che Guevara Studies Center, Havana

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Che Guevara was the legendary Latin American guerrilla fighter who joined the Cuban revolutionary movement that toppled the Batista dictatorship. He played a leading role in the early years of the Cuban Revolution and made an extraordinary and original contribution to Marxist theory. He died at the hands of CIA assassins in Bolivia in 1967.

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