Che Guevara: Doctor, Revolutionary, Murderer

Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Steve Theunissen
Producer - Samuel Avila
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[andrewbarber]

Yeah Che played rugby as an outside centre but if you see footage of him later in life he was clearly a revolutionary left winger

[danielmacias]

This guy forgot to mention the CIA was involved on the capture of the Che .

[williamthompson]

Is it a rule that at least one dorm room in in a college has a Che Guevara poster?

[ignitionfrn]

0:35 - Chapter 1 - The early years
3:45 - Chapter 2 - The motorcycle journey
6:15 - Chapter 3 - Bolivia
9:25 - Chapter 4 - Cuban revolution
14:05 - Chapter 5 - The new cuba
16:00 - Chapter 6 - Bolivia & death

[louispd]

the "bolivian" soldier standing next to him before his execution was an actual cuban american CIA officer, he wrote a book about the encounter...

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Che Guevara: Doctor, Revolutionary, T-Shirt

[unitariansavage]

The last words of Ernesto Guevara actually were "Póngase sereno y apunte bien: va usted a matar a un hombre." A rough translation would be "Steady up and aim well: you are about to kill a man."

[beatsoup]

“There was no person more feared by the company (CIA) than Che Guevara because he had the capacity and charisma necessary to direct the struggle against the political repression of the traditional hierarchies in power in the countries of Latin America.”
—Philip Agee, CIA agent from 1957–1968, later defected to Cuba.

[fanofstuff]

“All The children say we wanna be like Che, Asthmatic but I’ll take your breath away”

[mynameisdelseeoh]

Ernesto Guevara wasn't nicknamed "Che" until he left Argentina and not as a kid as you've implied. "Che" is the Argentine equivalent of "dude".

[anonymousdude]

I believe it was the great Nelson Mandela who said “One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s villain” So in Che’a country he was a hero and in America he was seen as a villain

[boylepeter]

An interesting side-note not mentioned are Che's Irish roots (Lynch family). His ancestor had fled Ireland to Spain and then to what would become Argentina after a losing the fight with Cromwell's forces in the 1700's. As Che's father said, “the first thing to note is that in my son’s veins flowed the blood of the Irish rebels”. On his 100th birthday, Ireland had a postage stamp with his image. And the iconic two-tone image of Che is by Irish artist, Jim Fitzpatrick.

[SatEight]

The nickname Che was not acquired by Guevarra as a child, but during his travels in America. This emphasized his Argentine origin. In his childhood and adolescence he was called Tete, short for Ernesto.

[dianecripps]

I studied Cuban history in college, and it turned out that one of the Spanish professors was a Cuban lawyer who spoke to our class. He related how he grew up with the Castros and fought with them in the mountains. After the revolution succeeded, he said, he was made a judge by Fidel. But - it turned out - that he was expected to sentence "enemies" to death on Castro's orders. With tears in his eyes, he spoke about the betrayal of his ideals, and of leaving Cuba on one of the last possible flights.

[P-C-Principle]

Asthma and rugby don’t mix, that dude must’ve been a badass for not dying on the pitch

[minerva]

It seems like johny sins knows history as well.

[krock]

16:16 The man to the right is the informant that betrayed Che. Here he's letting Che pose with his children.

[brucebartman]

"A revolution is like an apple tree. You have to shake it to make the apples fall"- Che Guevara.

[RumitheBartender]

Quick correction. Che Guevara was not born prematurely. His mother changed his birthday to conceal the fact that baby Ernesto was out of wedlock. His mother Celia needed permission at that age to marry.

[deckydee]

Ernesto Guevara (his father) declared "the first thing to note is that in my son's veins flowed the blood of the Irish rebels".