by Che Guevara | Aug 18, 2011 | Che Poems & Speeches, Speeches
Dear Comrade: Though belatedly, I am completing these notes in the course of my trip through Africa, hoping in this way to keep my promise. I would like to do so by dealing with the theme set forth in the title above. I think it may be of interest to Uruguayan...
by Che Guevara | Aug 18, 2011 | Che Poems & Speeches, Speeches
Dear old folks: Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante*. Once more, I’m on the road with my shield on my arm. Almost ten years ago I wrote you another farewell letter. As I recall, I lamented not being a better soilder and a better doctor. The...
by Che Guevara | Aug 18, 2011 | Che Poems & Speeches, Fidel Castro, Speeches
This is the translation of the (in-) famous ‘Carta de Despedida’ or Goodbye Letter of Che. This letter had to be read after Che’s death but Fidel read it, while Che was in the Congo. This made it really hard for Che to return to Cuba. Many, Many,...