Che: Part Two

He who merits,

through qualification and virtue,

the highest ranks

is, however, not counted

among the members

of our Central Committee.

And so

we only can explain it

by reading this letter

from the hand and word

of Comrade Ernesto Guevara.

A self-explanatory letter.

It says the following:

"Havana, Year of Agriculture.

Fidel, at this moment

I remember many things:

When I met you

at Mara Antonia's house,

when you proposed that I come along,

all the tension

involved in the preparations.

One day they came by

asking who to notify in case of death,

and the real possibility of it

struck us all.

Later we knew it was true

that in a real revolution,

one either wins or dies.

I feel that I have completed

the part of my duty

that tied me to the Cuban

revolution in its territory,

and I say farewell to you,

to the comrades, to your people,

who now are mine.

I formally resign my positions

in the leadership of the party,

my post as minister,

my rank of comandante,

and my Cuban citizenship.

Other nations of the world summon

my modest efforts of assistance.

I can do what is denied to you

by your responsibility as Cuba's leader,

and the time has come for us to part.

If my last hour

arrives beneath other skies,

my last thought

will be for this people,

and especially for you. "

Let me see you without the hat.

You're the living portrait of your father.

You have the money?

Yes.

We could wait until things settle down.

If we don't do it now,

we'll have to wait another 50 years.

One more.

One, two,

three.

Aleidita, remember Mom and Dad

sit at the head of the table.

But since Dad's not here,

we'll give his friend Ramn the seat.

Here it is. Four and five.

What is he doing?

I don't know.

Go see what your brother is doing.

Go see what your brother is doing.

Special representative from the O AS?

Yes, the Organization

of American States.

Just a second, please.

There's a man who is

a special O AS representative.

Organization of American States?

Yes, let him in.

- Please, come in.

- Thank you.

Mister, may I help you

with your suitcase?

No need.

I'm worried about Monje.

Why?

When I asked him about

the 20 men he promised,

he said, "Which men?"

As if I had never talked to him.

It's okay.

Apolinar.

Serapio.

- How old are you, Serapio?

- Sixteen.

At 16, a man already knows

what he wants.

Hello. I'm Camba.

Ramn.

Do you know who that man is?

He came with you.

The man you just shook hands with

is Che Guevara.

- Are you sure?

- Yes.

Could I shake his hand again?

- Ramn.

- Ricardo.

- This is Coco, Inti's brother.

- I know, I know.

- The farm is under his name.

- Braulio.

- How are you doing, bro?

- How are you?

- Miguel!

- What's up?

- Urbano, how was the trip?

- Quite tough.

Rolando.

You're Inti?

- It's an honor to meet you.

- The honor is mine. I'm Ramn.

This is Dr. Ernesto Maymura.

He's in the Bolivian Communist Party

and studied medicine in Havana.

- Where did you do your residency?

- At Calixto Garca.

And so we fell asleep.

Do you know where we woke up?

- In the United States.

- In New York.

We went right in with our

Panamanian passports.

Everything was going smoothly

until we almost screwed it up

because we were so hungry!

Braulio says, "Let's go over there,

they have hot dogs."

So we got there and, of course,

the vendor was Dominican.

The first thing he says is,

"Oh, but you're Cuban."

Braulio just looks at him.

He served us the hot dogs

without another word.

I made a mistake

and took the wrong flight.

You didn't make a mistake,

you discovered something.

What did we discover?

If you dress an elephant as a man,

it would still make it into Bolivia.

Good one!

To Bolivia or anywhere else!

Brother!

Let's go.

Hello.

- Eustaquio.

- Welcome, Eustaquio. I'm Ramn.

- Salustio.

- Ramn.

- I'm Pedro.

- Ramn.

Paco.

- Aniceto.

- Tuma, this is Aniceto.

Carlos.

Tuma.

- Willy.

- I'm Chapaco.

I'll need a few days

to learn all your names.

In the last conversation

I had with Monje,

I made it clear that if we really

want to change this society,

we are the ones

most capable of doing it.

That's why the party

has to support the guerrilla.

Monje expressed his doubts about

the armed struggle.

He began to talk about

his love for his family.

And here people also have children

and women that they have left behind.

That is why,

with all due respect, Ramn,

I don't think the party

will support an armed struggle,

much less Mario Monje.

So I want to ask for permission

to go back to La Paz

and recruit

the best people from the party

to join the group.

First we have to meet Mario Monje

as we agreed to.

Not doing so would be inappropriate.

Conditions are not right for

the kind of struggle you propose.

Mario, anywhere in the world where men

are being exploited by men,

conditions are right.

When children work in mines

and 50 percent of miners

don't reach 30 years of age...

When these same miners

go on strike

to improve their wages

and they are massacred by the army,

are those conditions right or not?

If infant mortality rates

are the highest in Latin America

because of lack of hospitals

and medical care,

the situation is right for me.

If we learned something in Cuba,

it's that a popular uprising

that isn't backed by armed struggle

has no chance of taking power.

When people learn that

this movement is led by a foreigner,

they will turn their backs on you.

You will die heroically,

but you have no hope

of achieving victory.

Then let's change the name of Bolivia.

After all, Simn Bolvar

was a Venezuelan, right?

Comrade Monje,

your job and the party's job is to

make it clear to the people that Che,

that Ramn, is a revolutionary

from the continent, not a foreigner.

It's true. Ramn is like Simn Bolvar.

The party does not endorse

armed struggle.

You are free to abandon it.

And you will have our support if you do.

If you stay, the party will no longer

pay your stipends.

As the head of the Communist Party here,

I advise you to leave with me.

With a mojito,

you cannot grind up the leaves.

- I know about mojitos.

- So you know you can't grind them up.

You cannot grind the leaves.

How are you?

Come over.

Just a second, I'm finishing here.

Then you have to cover it.

Half an hour in the oven

with the correct temperature.

No, I forgot something.

On top of the cream, put cheese.

Cheese.

Excuse us for a second.

We need to talk.

Go ahead.

- Everything good?

- Yes, good.

Why did Che change

the location of the camp?

I think he wanted to be

closer to Argentina.

He had contacts

waiting for him in Alto Beni.

The mines are there.

Miners are more politicized.

They support us.

Che needed somewhere

to train for six months

where he wouldn't be bothered.

How is that ancahuaz region?

It's a very remote place.

Life is hard there.

In fact, the few peasants who live there

don't trust foreigners.

The Soviets won't allow Monje

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