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the territory of the United States...

...or accomplice countries.

Third:

Halt all pirate attacks

carried out from bases located...

...in the United States

and Puerto Rico.

Fourth:

Halt all airspace

and territorial water violations...

...by U.S. aircraft and warships.

Fifth:

Withdrawal from the

Guantnamo naval base

...and return of Cuban territory

occupied by the U.S.

This great mass of humanity has said

"Enough!" and has stepped forward.

This march of giants will not stop

until true independence is won...

...forwhich so many died in vain.

All of this, my fellow delegates...

...is the new stance of

the American continent...

...a stance captured by the cry...

...that is shouted

every day by our people...

...as an expression of our

irrefutable decision to fight...

...paralyzing the strikes

of armed intruders...

...an outcry that counts the support

of all working classes of the world...

...and especially the socialist camp

headed by the Soviet Union.

This cry is "Homeland or death!"

Che!

That's Las Villas,

behind the clouds.

OCTOBER 16, 1958

Camilo arrived a few weeks ago and

we put ourselves under his command.

- Very good.

- Oh, I see you received our supplies.

Yes, thanks. Of all the groups

operating in the area...

...the Communist Party was

the only one to send help.

I'm not surprised, Comandante.

Most of these groups

are too busy fighting each other.

Months ago, Menoyo broke from the

Directory, creating a Second Front.

Since then, each one has carved out

its own territory.

There's been open hostility

between the two factions.

Where does the 26th of

July Movement stand in all of this?

Recently,

Menoyo met with Vctor Bordn.

I think both groups...

...are on the brink

of an armed confrontation.

We're ready to cooperate

with the 26th of July Movement...

...in all military maneuvers.

We even agree with

agrarian reform...

...as long as it's done reasonably...

...and brings in money.

Landowners should be pressured...

...to sell their idle land

to the peasants.

But it should be sold at cost.

Will you be the one fixing the price?

How can a peasant

with no money buy land?

But, what do you want?

Just give it to them?

So they can destroy it

like they did in Mexico?

The owner of the land

is the one who works it.

Comandante,

you have permission to institute

agrarian reform in the region...

...but the Second Front will continue

to charge the land taxes.

Menoyo, the region belongs to us all.

What we have to do here is fight.

The only thing

the Directory won't do...

...is any kind of deal

with Menoyo's Second Front.

We'll never do business

with that bunch of bandits.

We need to attack

all the army garrisons in the area.

But you can't attack Gina de

Miranda because that zone is ours.

We have more experience

and more weapons than you do.

Do you think the Americans are just

going to sit and watch this happen?

No, man, listen.

We shouldn't be

doing things so openly.

So, you're one of those who think

we can make a revolution...

...behind the backs of the Americans?

No, man.

A real revolution cannot be hidden.

I can do more

with the four hundred rifles I have...

...than you can

with your little bazooka...

...and all the balls

your troops may have.

Look, Pea, the day I have

to take arms against my comrades...

...will be the day I stop fighting.

If you don't take Gina de Miranda

in five days, we'll do it ourselves.

I am Comandante Ernesto Guevara.

He is Comandante Ramiro Valds.

And he is Captain Victor Bordn.

I just want to say three things.

First:

From now on, I am the only one...

...in charge of

the region of Las Villas.

Second:

We will enforce strict discipline.

And third:

The fighting is going to intensify.

Whoever is not ready to sacrifice

himself for his homeland...

...can leave his gun on the ground...

...and abandon the column...

...immediately.

Fire.

Give it to me, damn it!

Homeland or death!

You're ready?

Thank you.

Tell Oltuski the money

will be put to good use.

Will do.

Excuse me.

The police are looking for me

in Santa Clara and want to arrest me.

I need to stay here.

I'm not going anywhere.

Well, you can stay

and work in the infirmary...

...because we don't

allow people to just hang around.

I want you to know that

for the last two years...

...l've been working in the

clandestine movement.

I've been taking weapons, bombs, and

fugitives all across the province.

I think that gives me the right

to become a guerrilla

Okay.

We've started taxing...

...some of the largest landowners.

I need someone to collect the money.

You can start with that

and then we'll see.

Thanks.

Ramiro.

The girl here will collect the taxes.

Okay.

We were finally

working with the other groups.

It was like a wave.

When we arrived in the towns,

people received us with open arms.

And many of them even joined us.

True, but in reality, that battle...

... had been buildingsteam...

... for nearly 100 years.

When people hate their government,

it's not too hard to take a town.

One machine gun, 180 rifles...

...and 9,000 rounds of ammunition.

Vctor, we need you to blow

the Cabaigun bridge.

The Cabaigun bridge? Now?

Yes. Now.

How did it go?

I couldn't collect the money.

In Placetas, the police

are looking for me, too.

Rogelio!

Take the compaeras back to camp.

Wait a minute.

With all due respect...

...I know these towns like the back

of my hand. Let me be your guide.

I already have a guide.

Don't worry.

I know you're going to stay with us.

Don't be like that. Calm down, girl.

Don't worry.

Do you know Cabaigun?

And tell Millin

to have his people ready.

We'll attack the garrison.

Perfect.

Che.

We have to give you a tetanus shot.

No, it might trigger

an asthma attack.

Give me some aspirin.

Comandante, this is the Virgin

of Caridad del Cobre...

...the patron saint of Cuba to help

your arrival in Havana.

I hope it helps us

arrive in Placetas.

Goodbye!

- How are you? Does it hurt?

- A little, but that's unavoidable.

Here, for your arm.

Thanks.

Long live the revolution!

Sh*t, Argentine.

You broke your paw?

What happened to you?

- I just spoke to Fidel.

- And?

Santiago has almost surrendered.

Santa Clara is the only thing

standing between us and Havana.

Batista's throwing everything

he's got to Santa Clara.

That's why...

...when you take Remedios

and I take Yaguajay...

...we can then take

Santa Clara together.

Give me a light.

I know what I'm going

to do when we win this thing.

I'll put you in a cage...

...tourthe country

and charge admission.

We'll be rich, man!

What made you join the Movement?

Well, I was in college when Fidel

attacked the Moncada barracks.

When I read his speech defense

plea, "History Will Absolve Me"...

...I knew he was the only one

who could take down Batista.

And that he would do it fighting,

and I liked that.

- Does your family support you?

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