ernesto 'che' guevara, rip.

[celtboy]

On October 9th, 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara was put to death by Bolivian soldiers, trained, equipped and guided by U.S. Green Beret and CIA operatives. His execution remains a historic and controversial event; and thirty years later, the circumstances of his guerrilla foray into Bolivia, his capture, killing, and burial are still the subject of intense public interest and discussion around the world.

As part of the 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara, the National Security Archive's Cuba Documentation Project is posting a selection of key CIA, State Department, and Pentagon documentation relating to Guevara and his death. This electronic documents book is compiled from declassified records obtained by the National Security Archive, and by authors of two new books on Guevara: Jorge Castañeda's Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara (Knopf), and Henry Butterfield Ryan's The Fall of Che Guevara (Oxford University Press). The selected documents, presented in order of the events they depict, provide only a partial picture of U.S. intelligence and military assessments, reports and extensive operations to track and "destroy" Che Guevara's guerrillas in Bolivia; thousands of CIA and military records on Guevara remain classified. But they do offer significant and valuable information on the high-level U.S. interest in tracking his revolutionary activities, and U.S. and Bolivian actions leading up to his death.

[SOUTHSTANDFRONT]

this is what george galloway had to say about him today:


Face The Facts - Che's Memory Will Live On

Oct 8 2007 George Galloway
THIS week marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Ernesto "Che" Guevara Lynch, murdered in Bolivia by US agents.
But of no man can it more truly be said, that he never really died.
From Chesterfield to Cowdenbeath, from Caracas to Cape Town from Tokyo to Timbuktu, Che's handsome face is the face of resistance.
No man's image other than Jesus Christ - to whom in death we know, thanks to another US photographic PR disaster, he closely resembled - has been more reproduced.
None of those who killed him, including the sergeant who pulled the trigger, and whose sight was restored last month by Cuban doctors, are remembered. But the face, name and inspiration of Che Guevara will live forever.
Commandante Che Guevara, presente siempre.

GG for PM

[impactsok]

Where is Che when we most need him now.

Yep, George for El Presidente

[derryduck]

Hasta La Victoria Siempre

[impactsok]

Who's Victoria - was that his mistress?