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...and Latin Americans living

in this country...

...as they awaken

from the long,

brutal sleep to

which they've been subject.

We need to say here...

...something that is a known truth.

And this is a truth we have always

presented to the world.

Executions? Yes, we have executed.

We execute, and we'll continue

to execute when it is necessary.

Our fight is a fight to death.

These are the

conditions in which we live...

...because of the imposition

of American imperialism.

Good morning.

- How are you, doctor?

- Good.

- And my brother?

- Very good.

- What's your name?

- He's Enrique, my brother.

We're from Remedios.

We worked

for the 26th of July Movement.

My brother and I, with a group...

...tried to burn down the stable

at the town barracks...

...but one of the soldiers

identified my brother...

...so we came here to find Fidel.

- What's your name?

- Rogelio Acevedo.

- How old are you, Rogelio?

- Sixteen.

- And you?

- Fourteen.

Sixteen and fourteen.

I can't accept you, you're too young.

- What are you here for?

- Same reasons as you.

Is that so? Very good.

Do you know how to read and write?

No.

Raise your hands, the ones who

know how to read and write.

So you know how to read and write?

Yes, Comandante.

I made it through sixth grade.

We are not here in the middle

of the mountains just to fire guns.

A country that doesn't know

how to read and write...

...is easy to deceive.

Since none of you have weapons...

...l'm picking only eight of you.

The rest will have to go.

This is no piece of cake,

we're here to fight.

We won't eat for days. We'll sleep

on the ground in the rain...

...we're risking our lives here.

Is that clear?

- Yes.

- Is that absolutely clear?

- Sure?

- Yes.

Good. You will be a teacher.

And the rest will learn from her.

You came here to fight and to learn.

Okay?

And you?

- Come on, boys, you gotta go.

- No.

F*** no. You have to go.

If I have to go back to Remedios

I'd rather shoot myself.

Me, too.

My God...

- Are you listening?

- Let's go, man.

Let's get moving.

Come on.

Wait, wait, wait!

You can't do that, man.

Stand up!

You're stopping the column!

- Hold my gun.

- Let's go.

The next letter is...

No, look.

Here. Yello...

Excuse me, Che.

He says he needs to talk to you.

What's going on?

Comandante, Camilo calls me a

bad word every time he sees me.

- What bad word?

- Something rude I don't like.

Go and get Camilo.

Like what?

I don't want to be a bother, but I'm

a man who shouldn't be disrespected.

Everyone is laughing

and making fun of me.

I don't really understand what

he's saying, but I don't like it.

What's going on, Comandante?

Albertico.

What's the story?

Okay, friend, now tell me

what Camilo's been saying to you?

He calls me "vanilla piss".

Ventriloquist, man, ventriloquist.

- That's not a bad word.

- But it sounds bad. I don't like it.

A ventriloquist is someone who talks

without moving his mouth.

- Why are you calling me that?

- Yes, Camilo, why?

Because he's

a good messenger and he's...

...always popping

up with information, and...

...he reminds me of a ventriloquist

puppet that moves like this.

Albertico, it's not a bad word.

It's not an insult, man.

I say it with affection.

- He's a very good messenger.

- Really?

No, it's true. He's doing things

really well, he's always there.

Yes, he is.

You wanna play ball, Che?

Today is a perfect day to

abandon the guerrilla movement.

Another chance like this

may not come along for weeks.

Let's see.

Anyone who'd like to leave

this column, step forward.

Stand up there.

Come on,

the quitters and the horses' asses!

Stay there.

I'm not leaving because I'm scared.

I have a pain and...

You are a moron. Shut up.

- My mother is sick.

- You are a moron!

You'll have to give back everything

that belongs to the column.

You're a bunch of cowards.

You have

thirty minutes to get out of here.

If we find you, you're deserters.

Israel, Roberto, take them out.

D*ckhead,

aren't you leaving with them?

Another f*ggot.

Anyone else?

So, did you grow balls?

We can still stand a little bit more.

You already behaved

with dignity...

...but you have no chance of

adapting to this warfare.

Okay, I'll make an exception.

I'll let you take your things

with you, I'll give you a guide...

...and 10 pesos to each of you.

Comandante.

I think you should

forgive me in advance...

...as I know you will not

like what I'm going to say.

If we joined the troops,

it wasn't to go back humiliated.

We prefer, and I speak for both...

...to die on this mountain rather than

return home as failures.

We'll make the maximum effort

even if it costs our lives.

This is the last straw.

While the strong

grow weaker and leave...

...these snot-nosed kids

get more courageous.

Is there any logic here?

The important ones aren't the ones

who leave, but the ones who stay...

...and the ones

who will join us in the future.

Listen to me.

Comandantes Ral and Almeida

will come with me.

They will open the second and

third front with their columns.

Camilo...

...will replace Sardias

as your new captain.

Damn.

Look how generous the revolution is.

Individualism, the isolated action

of a person in a social environment...

... must disappear from Cuba.

It's very easy

to claim that in capitalism...

... the individual

has the option to satisfy...

... or to express true human nature.

A child has one toy and wants two...

... that child gets

two toys and wants four.

This is human nature. Isn't it?

But when a whole society

behaves in that same way...

... or when it becomes a monopoly

oppressing the less fortunate...

... is that human nature?

This is exactly

when you have to do something.

Ye, of course,

we are individuals...

... who have accepted the

challenge and the responsibility...

... to lead in the name of society

as a whole.

Long live free Cuba!

Will they have much time to respond?

Each one will have ten minutes.

- From the podium?

- No, from the floor.

- And my rebuttal?

- Ten minutes.

- Also from the floor?

- No, from the podium.

My government has nothing to do...

...with the fact that every day...

...in Cuban circles, to bolster

the illusions of the Cuban people...

...they announce

the formation of invading brigades...

...armed with revolvers...

...and small-caliber weapons

to confront an army that...

...according to

the declarations of their leaders...

...has at their disposal,

the most modern nuclear arms.

Absolutely false are...

...the accusations...

...that acts of genocide are being

committed in Venezuela.

Moreover,

it is simply absurd and intolerable...

...that a Cuban representative...

...dares to make judgements

about Venezuelan sovereignty...

...the unique and exclusive patrimony

of the Venezuelan people...

...a truly free people...

...which has

a democratic government...

...with elections whose legitimacy

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