Mujer-Guerrilla Page #4

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You are the ones

to make that decision.

We could use our papers

to pass as reporters, no problem.

Inti will take you

up the road to Camiri.

Try not to go through Muyupampa.

Don't get yourselves captured.

If that happens remember to

always deny my presence...

...and the presence of all Cubans

here at each moment and at all costs.

- Do you have a cigarette?

- No, I don't.

Goddamn it!

Why don't you smoke?

Smoking's great.

But I do have some tobacco.

Thanks, brother.

Where are the Cubans?

- Well, they should be...

- Daro, come here!

I told you not to talk to that guy!

What did he say?

He didn't say anything, brother.

I asked him for a cigarette.

You're going to the back.

Freeze! Stop right there!

Drop your backpacks

and show us your papers, shitheads!

Throw them on the ground.

The Frenchman's name is Regis Debray.

Masquerades as a radical author,

a Marxist journalist.

Spends a lot of time in Cuba,

and is a good friend of Fidel Castro.

The Argentine's name is Ciro Bustos.

A painter, and also a writer.

This character collected money in 1963...

...for a local guerrilla

movement led by Jorge Massetti.

Massetti was killed

by the police in Argentina in 1964.

Two mercenaries, a Frenchman

and an Argentine were killed...

...when confronted by the army in

the area known as Vaca Guzmn.

The Guzmn region,

that's in Muyupampa.

If that's true, those bastards

are going to pay for it, big time.

The three of them were arrested.

They were taken to Camiri.

Who told you that?

We stopped a van that

came from Muyupampa...

...with a German priest and a man.

They gave all the information.

They want to talk to the boss.

They gave us some sweets and stuff.

- Inti, have those people seen you?

- No.

Many of your men are not Bolivian.

That's why no one trusts you.

But they trust you.

They asked us to talk to you.

Then tell them that our army is

open to anyone who wants to fight...

...they should be here with us.

No, they reject everything that

has to do with violence.

So, people in power can

use violence to oppress us...

...but we can't

use it to free ourselves?

They don't want to join you

and they don't want you here.

You don't have

the right to ruin their lives.

You are going to have peace

today in Muyupampa...

...on the condition that you bring us

a truck of food and medical goods...

...by 6 p.m. On this watch.

We'll meet at Nemesio's farm.

We'll pay for everything.

Then we'll go; you have my word.

Okay.

Open your mouth.

They will torture Bustos and Debray.

They'll learn everything.

Ramn.

I think you should change your name.

That's not a bad idea.

Plane!

Get everyone out of the house.

- Run!

- Cover yourselves!

Quickly, under the tree!

Get out of here!

Most of these men are Cubans.

Don't be mistaken.

This is an invasion

promoted by Castro.

A Communist plot to remove a peaceful,

democratically elected government.

President Barrientos,

what about the Americans?

Are there U.S. Military advisors?

The United States has sent planes,

helicopters and nothing more.

That's their response

to the guerrilla threat?

Our military is entirely capable

of handling this situation.

The guerrilla forces

are on their last legs.

Is Che Guevara leading this group?

I'll say it once.

Che Guevara is not in Bolivia.

Fernando.

The miners are threatening

to go on strike.

Where?

In Catavi, Siglo XX.

The miners are going on strike!

Miners have pledged 50 bolivianos

of their paychecks to our cause.

For them, that's a fortune.

Arturo,

report to Miguel at the ambush...

...and replace Pablito.

I'll go through all of Bolivia

without firing a single shot.

Okay.

Sir, the situation is slipping

through our fingers.

The Pope and de Gaulle are

pressuring us about Debray.

Some members of your coalition are

expressing support for the strike...

...and sympathy for the rebel cause.

We need to

take control of this thing.

What do you have in mind?

Tell people about Guevara.

Declare a state of emergency and

crack down on the Siglo XX miners...

...the iron fist.

Seal the borders and declare

a national state of war.

And the rebels?

Your main problem,

Mr. President, is the lack...

...of coordination

among your deployed forces.

I couldn't agree more, sir.

What do you suggest?

Divide the region in three zones.

Surround each zone,

cut off its source of supply...

...and liquidate any guerrilla forces.

A few minutes ago,

Radio Argentina reported...

...the sad news about

the Siglo XX massacre...

...which resulted in the deaths

of 87 miners.

The families and fellow miners

mourn their loss.

What are they saying

on Bolivian stations?

The same.

They confirm the battle in the mines,

but they are silent about the death toll.

They hit Pombo.

They almost got us, man.

Pour me some water.

Come on, breathe.

The worst is over.

He asked that you hold his watch

until you can give it to his son.

Joaqun.

We can't circle it forever.

This place is crawling with troops.

Ramn told us

not to move out of the area.

That was before

the army overran our camp.

We have no food left? Nothing.

If Ramn were

coming back, he'd be here by now.

If we leave,

how are we going to meet him?

If Ramn is not here it's

because the army is preventing him.

I say we find

our way to the Rio Grande.

We've got as much chance finding

Ramn across the river...

...as we do here.

Good morning, miss.

Can you sell me a can of milk?

Ricardo, what's up?

- Shut up and give me your canteen.

- Moron!

Breathe! Now hold it.

- F***!

- Calm down.

Hold it!

Breathe.

How long are we going to

look for these people?

Until we find them.

I agree, but I think

we're moving away from them.

We should try to make contact

with the capital again.

We're at an impasse.

How many more of us have to die

to find the other group?

Chapaco, if you were lost,

we'd do the same thing.

No one abandons anyone in the group.

Is that clear?

Let's go.

Excuse me, Fernando...

...but the men are starving...

...and we have nothing to give them.

We also have nothing for the animals.

They're eating the bark off the trees.

- What do you want me to do?

- Kill a horse.

I'm giving you another shot.

Fernando, with your permission.

I think I could...

...make it back to the camp

to look for your medicines.

What do you want?

Do you want me

to divide the group again?

I'm not doing it.

And even less, risk anyone's life...

...for the sake of my own well-being.

We are in a difficult situation.

The truth is, all of us...

...have made mistakes.

But I made the worst mistake...

...when I didn't

bring my medicines along.

This struggle gives us...

...the opportunity to become...

...true revolutionaries,

the highest level...

...of humanity.

To become men...

...in the purest sense of the word.

Too old to learn.

If the wheel rolls downhill...

...let it go.

Come on, let's go up.

Let's go!

- Let's go!

- No, I can hold them!

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