Ranking EVERY Death Row Meal: Ernesto “Che” Guevara

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Josh Slavin

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Here’s some additional background information if you’re interested in learning more!:

- Guevara played a pivotal role in the Cuban Revolution alongside Fidel Castro. During the guerrilla campaign, he rose to become second-in-command and was known for his harsh discipline, often playing a role in carrying out executions both during and after the revolution. After the revolution's success, he held several high-ranking positions in the Cuban government, including head of the National Bank of Cuba and Minister of Industry.

- According to some, Guevara had a messiah complex and believed himself to be a savior. In one of his journal entries, he wrote: “I now knew… that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I would be with the people, ...I feel my nostrils dilate, savoring the acrid smell of gunpowder and blood, the enemy’s death; I steel my body, ready to do battle, and prepare myself to be a sacred space within which the bestial howl of the triumphant proletariat can resound…”

- Two journeys through South America played a crucial role in shaping Guevara's political ideals. The first was a solo trip on a motorized bicycle in 1950, and the second was an 8, 000-mile trek on a vintage motorcycle with his friend Alberto Granado in 1952. These journeys exposed him to the poverty and exploitation prevalent in Latin America, igniting his desire for social change. His experiences during these trips were later published in "The Motorcycle Diaries, " which became a bestseller and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film.

Thank you all so much for the support as always! 🫶

JoshSlavin

French fries in soup... solid idea ngl

Chef__Tyler

Fun fact: Guevara actually hated that nickname Che. He came from Argentina, and tended to end his sentences with the multi-purpose interjection "che" as some folks do there.

For example, "Nice weather we're having, che?" or "We'll have some fun tonight, che!"

His comrades picked up on that and nicknamed him "Che" as a result, and, as with most nicknames, the more you complain, the more it sticks.

biffwellington

With all the recent history-based rankings, hope to see you do Ned Kelly soon!

OctacleEdits

That was not a final meal "request", he was given what was available, just soup.

avrelalq

You did it wrong, you're supposed to go to Bolivia and ask a local 19 year old schoolteacher to make it

Carbun

The description was straight from Wikipedia lol

leigh

Kudos for the pronunciation of the name! It sounded perfect.

cherryhazard

Executed without a trial…isn’t that murder?

donna

I’ve been following you on my various accounts for years now. I really like your content you’re a great YouTuber

Anthonythumb

Bro the name cut off at “Ernesto” and my brain filled it with De La Cruz 😭

CitricOrange

"Póngase sereno y apunte bien: va a usted matar a un hombre." - Ultimas palabras del Che Guevara. Piensen lo que piensen del Che, esas últimas palabras que salieron de su boca son demasiado duras y emblemáticas.

JoseGonzalez-wjzq

This one shouldn't apply, because for his last meal, Che didn't "request" anything. This is just what he was given, as you yourself said already. I don't think they were going to give him anything. If I'm not mistaken, the school teacher responsible for Che's last meal, was a sympathizer who wanted to give him something to eat, with the hopes of providing Guevara a modicum of comfort before his scheduled execution.

MaximumAxiom

I had to take a speech class in college and one of our assignments was an informative speech. One of the girls in my class elected to do Che Guevara and it was pretty clear she liked the guy.

What she didn’t know was that another girl in our class had family killed by him.

Our next project was a persuasive speech and guess what the second student decided to use as her topic?

If you guessed “why Che Guevara was actually a terrorist”…you are right.

janeyrevanescence