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are known to the entire world.

The tragedy

of the Cuban Revolution...

...lies in not having known how to

institutionalize this great movement...

...into an administration

with legal rights in the Americas.

The greatest flaw of their leaders...

...is that they suffer from excessive

vanity which blinds them...

...and prevents them

from observing past examples...

...which are typical of America...

...like the Mexican revolution

in 1910.

I, who lived

many years of my youth in Cuba...

...and who perhaps

feels more than Che Guevara...

...that there has

been enough suffering...

...and pain for the Cuban people.

In my brief reply to your capricious

intervention into Panamanian issues...

...l'd like to finish

by saying to you...

..."don't defend me, compadre."

JANUARY 1, 1958

Vilo!

Take the sick to the shelter!

To the shelter!

Take them to the shelter.

Don't run. Don't run.

Hurry up!

Come on!

Let's go in!

One, two, three.

Polo. Take the prisoners

to your house and keep them there.

Polo. Make sure no one mistreats

them, verbally or physically.

- Understood, Roberto?

- Sure.

Come on, walk!

Che!

They killed Ciro,

they shot him in the head.

We couldn't recover his body.

May I talk to you for a second, sir?

They were very well organized.

- More than we expected?

- Much more.

They have a school, hospital,

printing press, a power plant.

They must have been here months.

What do you want me to do

with this?

Torch it.

I need you to go to Minas del Fro...

...and create a training camp.

What for?

I want you to be personally

in charge of the new recruits.

What about my column?

Ramiro can take your place for now.

You know

we're days away from an attack.

- I don't understand.

- This is more important.

It makes sense, teach.

Who can do that better than you?

Tell me. No one, man.

Look, when this is over...

...Cuba and the revolution

will need you even more.

Even if I had a different opinion...

... even if I felt I had been demoted...

... I knew Fidel had his reasons,

you can be sure of that...

Yes, that's why

Fidel backed the General Strike...

But he always made it really clear...

... that we were the only ones

capable of defeating the enemy.

After the failure

of the General Strike of April 9th...

... there was no more doubt.

The 26th of July Movement was the

only group that could defeat Batista.

That's what a leader does. He

convinces people to share his vision.

Tell her she's proved

one thing to me for sure...

... that I'd rather face a soldier

than a journalist.

They see us rebels as agitators...

...people who want to gain prestige

by complicating Batista's life.

But we don't see ourselves like that.

We see ourselves as a small army

that will become a bigger army...

Fidel has to be the Commander

in Chief of the entire rebellion.

But we have to propose it with tact.

Our relationship with the Communist

Party still makes people nervous.

We raised funds by naming Fidel

as leader of our revolution.

Outside of Cuba, he's the only

recognizable figure we've got.

No one is saying that in the plains

they screwed up.

But what is clear

in Sierra Maestra...

...is that defeating Batista doesn't

assure the end of the dictatorship.

We also have to overthrow

Batista's army...

...in order to prevent another coup.

Being under

the command of the Soviet Union...

...isn't any better than being under

the command of the United States.

Latour, you're still thinking

like a colonized person does.

Cuba won't be

under anyone's command.

Cuba is for the Cuban people.

I'll do everything I can

with the Stalinists from the PSP...

...but I don't think

it will be worth it.

And we understand it, Faustino.

Precisely,

we always want to include...

"Stalinists"?

From now on, the coordination

of the plains militias...

...will serve the needs of

the guerrillas in Sierra Maestra.

Fidel Castro will become Commander

in Chief of all the armed forces.

Long live the Revolution!

MAY 3, 1958

I want to congratulate you, Fidel...

...because today you entered the path

of the greatest men of the Americas.

A path that...

...will prove to the world...

...it's possible to get to power

with an armed struggle...

...supported by the people.

It's not only me, Ernesto.

It's all of us.

This wouldn't be possible

if I were on my own.

I want you to organize a new front.

Once we start this offensive...

...I want to take the war down from

Sierra Maestra into the plains.

You'll have to unite

all the rebel factions.

We have to take control of Las Villas

Province, dividing the island in two.

Camilo's going to head in the same

direction, leading his own column.

There will be no victory in Havana...

...without victory in Las Villas.

Getting all the groups to work

together will be difficult, Ernesto.

So, I hope you have

sharpened your political skills.

And one other thing.

I know you are very reckless...

...but you can't always

put yourself on the front line.

You are too important to us.

It's an order.

I want to respond

to the Nicaraguan delegate...

...even though I did not understand

his argument about accent.

I believe he referred to Cuba...

...Argentina and somewhat

to Russia of the Soviet Union.

In any event,

I hope the Nicaraguan delegate

found no North American accent

in my speech,

because that

would be truly dangerous.

But one thing is for sure,

we don't commit assassinations...

...like the ones being committed

right at this moment...

...by the political police of

Venezuela who are called DIGEPOL...

...if I am not misinformed.

This police force has committed

a series of barbarous acts...

...executions, which is to say:

assassinat.

The Panamanian delegate...

...who has been kind

enough to call me "Che"...

...as I am called

by the Cuban people...

...began speaking

about the Mexican Revolution.

While Cuba spoke

about the North American

massacre in Panama...

...the Panamanian delegation...

...continued speaking in this vein,

without referring at all...

...to that American

massacre forwhich...

...the Panamanian government

broke off relations

to the United States.

On to Mr. Stevenson.

Regrettably, he is not present here.

Mr. Stevenson again claims

there is no violation of the law...

...that neither airplanes nor boats

leave from here and, of course...

...that pirate attacks just happen.

They just come out of nowhere.

Due to the demands of imperialism,

our Prime Minister

declared five points...

...to secure peace in the Caribbean.

And these are...

First:

A halt to the economic blockade and

all forms of commercial pressure...

...imposed by the United States all

over the world against our country.

Second:

Halt all subversive activities,

such as...

...the launch and distribution

of arms and explosives

by air and water...

...organization

of mercenary invasions...

...infiltration of spies and saboteurs...

...and all actions carried out from

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