Che was not “sent” to Bolivia, Che chose to go there and spread revolution in South America, against Castro’s advice at the time, Che was an adventure seeker and guerilla war General, he was bored in post Revolutionary Cuba, he felt now was the time before he got too old...
The translation sucks..the one guy never says fidel castro can corrupt while che couldnt..what he said was che was rigid and fidel was malleable/willing to change which has an entirely different and less sinister meaning in context.
Both Che and Fidel were good friends, and had almost no differences of opinion. Here Al Jazeera is trying to twist the history to suit it's narrative. Fidel didn't admit that he was a Marxist before the revolution, simply because that would affect the revolution adversely. This video is a direct attempt to distort the history and show Fidel Castro as a power hugry politician. But the truth is both Fidel and Che were revolutionaries who fought against injustice.
2:03 although the subtitles say Castro was capable of corruption, the man talking in spanish isnt actually saying that, he is just saying that he would be flexible. Not sure if it was a mistake or on purpose.
how can a country live in peace and survive despite of external political pressure and economic sanctions, of course they distorted the stories for their propaganda
The world int nothing but a stage. Cuba was HUGE back in the day and they needed to 'suppressed' Cuba by putting those so called Freedom fighters! need i say more ? They give your evil ' Batiste" and then give you a hero ' Castro'. Cuba was unstoppable before those characters showed up.. Now Castro child... be it FTM or MTF running Canada. All by designed!
It should have been mentioned that Che was murdered by US agents while he was injured. He was tortured and his ribs were broken in. It would only do justice if the full context of his death is presented.
He wasnt tortured, he was captured with injuries and than inside a small school building they shot him several times. Che is a LEGEND and will always be remembered.
@@carlosramos5256 If Castro was selfish he’d run a US backed dictatorship and be a billionaire. Instead he liberated his people and nationalized industries and prioritized human development over profits.
Che was not "killed" , he was cold-blooded murdered by the CIA thugs in Bolivia. He was captured as prisoner and they shot hin inside the cell. Finally, they threw his body in an unknown location to prevent his idolization.
Fck CIA so that s how they treated political prisoner, we didnt treat bad us prisoner who got captured under vietnam sky back then , now it shows that who acttually is the real devil .
If Castro wasn't a devout Marxist, why did he continue his Marxist vision of Cuba even after the collapse of international Communism? He had no reason to continue his Marxist-Leninist view, and by the logic that he was an opportunist, he would have switched over to some form of neoliberal state after the Communist collapse.
Sun Tzu I don’t think that’s necessarily the case. I think the July movement was more just a pan-leftist movement at the beginning, and then it gradually developed into a specifically Marxist-Leninist one. It’s not difficult to see why really. Cuba was really up against it trying to survive so close the USA, the only hope for countries trying to shake off imperialism was to ally with the USSR and adopt their system. There was other factors no doubt but I think it’s mainly because the US forced Cuba down the path.
CHE GUEVARA lives forever in the hearts of those in poverty. CHE is a symbol of struggle, for beauty and social justice..... CHE is the great star in the history of the human world.
This is nothing short of historical revisionism. Fidel was *always* a socialist - he couldn't have secured the revolution if the US was aware of his promises of land reform and nationalisation, so he, for good reason, kept it hidden from the US until Cuba was somewhat stable. Cuba's relationship with the USSR wasn't made from a view power grabbing but from one of necessity and companionship: the USSR promised to aid in warding off the US, and on top of this shared a mutual socialist interest. Above all, the mere notion that Castro was only a revolutionary for power is insidious at best: how one gains power by advocating for the rights of the powerless is a mystery to me. Also, Che wasn't "sent" abroad, he left on his own accord after resigning to help other anti-imperialist revolutions across Africa and Latin America. While Fidel didn't approve of the decision, he none the less wished him the best of luck on his journey. The two were comrades in arms through and through, and even common sense can show anything that claims otherwise to be false.
That is because the so called powerless the workers and farmers are the real economic power and not a few bosses who live in luxury giving orders. Fidel encourage those who left with Che some of the most selfless leaders of the revolution. "Fertile Ground:" Che Guevara and Bolivia, A First-Hand Account by Rodolfo Saldaña The US was accusing everyone who opposed it bosses of communism at the time. It was the McCarthy era. where even the US Army officers were accused of communism.
Che was the most optimistic, selfless dreamer who dreamt to change the world, to make it a better place to live for all. And definitely not a day dreamer. Bcos he dreamt to liberate Cuba and he achieved it. It gave him the confidence to do the same for Bolivia. He dreamt to liberate the whole Latin America. Had he succeeded in Bolivia, he would have done the same for another Latin American country. Had he not died in Bolivia, he would have continued his dream of liberation until his last breath. The man died but the Legend Che became immortal.
I respect Che Guevara even tho I’m half Mexican Salvadoran, but I respect what he stood for, and what his vision and purpose were I respect him no matter what 👑🤟
What does you being Mexican/Salvadorian have to do with your position on Che? You could be half Nigerian/Japanese and have the same position on Che or a completely different position on Che without it having anything to do with your nationalities you bozo
Fidel, Raúl, Che, Cienfuegos... they were all commmunists before the revolution, you got that wrong. And they were meeting with communists party in Mexico just before they came back to Cuba and fight in the war (an ongoing war during 9 years against Batista). The footage of him saying they are not communists is just speaking for the camera for a National Geographic documentary... US media promoting Fidel as a revolutionary (and still does).
Communist like Lenin and Trotsky are revolutionaries. You can red bait all that you want but they did what the bougoies was unable to do in the countries were they lead revolutions. One third of the world entered into the industrial age without a capitalist class in the leadership Both Russian and Chinese capitalist were unable to carry out a land reform and take control away from the relics of feudalism. .
1: Starving a whole population 2: No doctors, no medications, no medical supplies 3: Women had to become prostitutes to feed their families 4: No transportation 5: No freedoms of any kind 6: The police and the State Security catch you bad mouthing fidelosky and you went to Villa Marista 7: No milk for children after 7 y/o 8: Excellent indoctrination for children ( free school ). fidelusky was God. 9: Poverty all over Cuba 10: Terror everywhere 15: No food
I don’t think this video is accurate. Because the US had supported the dictator who ruled Cuba before Fidel. They were weary of Castro from the beginning.
the interrim period saw Yankee agression, and the only way to preserve the gains of the Cuban people was to accept Soviet support. Otherwise Cuba today would look like Haiti or Congo
that part isn't true. They had their communist party way before. They even met with communists in Mexico just before they went back to Mexico. Raúl, Fidel, Che, the whole group. He just lied in the National Geographic documentary because US was promoting him as a revolutionary figure.
lol living conditions in Puerto Rico are horrible, people live without electricity and after every tornado infastructure remains decimated for several years.
Corrections. 1- US financed and armed Batistas regime against Cuban Revolution. 2. Che wanted to leave and Castro didn't want him to, Che had made this clear since their time in Mexico where they met and before the revolution happened. 3. Castro and the group waged guerilla war to overthrow Batista based on Republican ideals of sovereignty inspired by Jose Marti and the desire for ending the Cuba as a stop for rich Americans keeping Cuba as a colony for their enjoyment at the expense of most Cubans 4. Socialism and Marxism are different in different places- from Kerala to Cuba, USSR, Bernie Sanders, Venezuela, to the welfare state all the boomers enjoyed post 45 in most of Western Europe. 5. Changing political positions with time is pretty normal. 6. The omission of the trade war the Americans put Cuba under has cost Cubans billions of dollars, they isolated and blockaded Cuba. 7. CUBA HELPED TO END APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA and defeated the South African racist armies from invaded Namibia and Angola. No nation or person is perfect but thr contribution if Che, Castro and the Cuban Revolution is an incredible achievement no one can deny. And its result still exist around the world. Long live Cuba, Castro and Che. Hasta la Victoria siempre!
Precisely why media shouldn't be given as much freedom as it is given. Fidel is a legend. So is Che. I wouldn't mind having a tattoo that says 'Chestro'
2:14 not true. If you read what experts have found, it becomes clear that Che left Cuba on his own accord, by his own will. He left because he knew his place wasn't in Cuba any longer. While he liked Castro as a dear friend, he was beginning to feel irritated by what the Cuban Revolution was becoming for Castro. So he left to support the revolution in the Congo, although to little avail.
This sounds like Fidel sent Ché away to die. Untrue as Ché was restless as a previous poster noted, he had a different approach and revolutionary ideas.
فيدال كاسترو يعد اذكا رجل سياسة عبر تاريخ السياسة في العالم بسبب محاولة اغتياله ٦٠٠ مرة تقريبا ...رجل فذ جيفارا شب متهور وان كان ذكي وطبيب ومع البشر لالله خلقا السلام والخلود لروحهما 🕊🇮🇲🕊
"Castro wasn't a communist pre-revolution" because folks, its not possible to change political alignment in any sense, it must be for power gains and not because your ideas and convinctions can change.
why not make a cartoon of them both? would suit those degenerate clowns much better. get the seablockade round Cuba done at last, and the people of Cuba will cleanse their home territory: end of Communist terror regime on the island.
This is not true. Castro played America for their money, yeah, and then you have the real face of Castro.. the one who was in the same revolution in the same war witch Che, doing same things... IT WAS CHEs idea to go back to Argentina (where is he originally from), and then to go to Bolivia, where he died, but he DIED FOR WHAT HE WANTED>>> AND THATS THE WHOLE POINT! patria o muerte . (fatherland or death) quotation of his last words from 1964 UN speech
Guevara is totally argentinian, you don't need to say "originally from" he was born there, spent his childhood and educational career there as well, all his family was argentinian as well
Our PM in 🇨🇦 looks like Castro. He has exact same smile as Castro. I didn't believe the rumors of resemblance until seeing this clip. Interesting, very interesting.
Fidel didnt send no one away. Che wanted to and fidel castro wanted him to stay. If was like that his kids and wife would not have stayed in cuba and che's letters would be different. Months before he went to congo and came back, and then went to bolivia. If people would spend a little more time actually going thru real information they would not beleive in pieces of lies like this. Che's son once said that was his father wishes to go to bolivia....
For years in Cuba there were rumors that they these two were “too close” and some of the men felt uncomfortable around them - then of course there is Castro’s brother, Raul, a known homosexual -
Nationalizing the land of the big landloards(all friends of US imperialism and the among them US corporations) was enough for the US to start to overthrow the revolutionary Cuban government by any means necessary. Most of that land was just distributed among the poor peasants at first (like in the early Soviet Union). It was still private property. But without this land reform extreme poverty in Cuba would not have been possible to overcome. Land reform was the will of the vast majority of the population in Cuba at the time and in all semi feudal, underdeveloped countries, with a large peasantry,around the world. This was just a logical move for any Latin American leader who wasn't corrupt. Who wasn't in the pockets of the United States or the mafia or the huge land owning corporations. This alone was not Marxism or Communism. This was just a shot of Socialism in the mix of what the new Cuba should become. As history since 1917 has shown, this is more than enough for US imperialism to lie about and try to topple any government. Che Guevara and Raul Castro knew this all along, and I am pretty sure Fidel did too. He knew the United States and how they engaged with other Latin American countries in the years before. Fidel, like Raul and Che, also knew that prosperity or any kind of freedom and human rights for the Cuban people would not be possible if US influence on thd country were not to be ended or sharply restricted. To know this he only had tk look at all if Latin America and not be extremely stupid. Fidel was a genius and he sympathized with Marxism long before he took power. There is an anecdotal story that he read Stalin's "Foundations of Leninism" in prison(imprisoned by the Batista regime) and that a member of the outlawed Cuban communist party, who was also a prison inmate, criticized him for that and asked him if he didn't know about Crushchev's "secret speech" on the 20th party congress of the CPUSSR(B), criticizing Stalin's alleged crimes and cult of personality. And he answered that he thought this was all imperialist propaganda and he proudly called himself a "Stalinist" (which could have been a joke, but I don't think si, because "Stalinism" was the slur used by anyone who agreed with "Destalinisation" and western enemies of Communism who saw the opportunity that Crushchev had given them. The same people BTW that call everything up until the traitor Gorbachev "Stalinism" until today. They even continue to do so when talking about Cuba for example).
What a shameless and obnoxious people. Trying to throw dirt on Fidel Castro . He was one of greatest leader of 20th century n greatest leader of third world country of 20th century
Amazing how the truth is always twisted into the logic of the one telling the story. Their own personal ideologies and sentiments are always woven into the story. Two people on two different media will always differentiate
@aljazeera Can you allow us to watch this once more? Whether by sharing it here or making a scheduled rebroadcast. But this is one of your most censored works, for whatever reason.
