Mujer-Guerrilla

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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.A.S."?

Yes,

the Organization of American States.

Just a second, please.

There's a man who is

a special O.A.S. 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 sixteen,

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 honour to meet you.

- The honour is mine. I'm Ramn.

This is doctor 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.

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