Opening Up New Country in the Argentine Page #7

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- Of course.

My cousin was killed.

The brutality of the army

intensified after the general strike.

I think they got scared...

...when they saw

so many people against them.

You don't look like a Communist.

And what do Communists

look like?

Well, not like you.

We come in all colors.

Do you expect to stay in Cuba

after the success of the Revolution?

My wife and my daughter

are in Mexico.

I have to keep them in mind.

Of course.

I'm Lieutenant Prez Valencia.

The rebel army...

...is not what you have imagined.

Hand over your weapons

and no one will be injured.

Stay on the air, over.

Santa Clara

hasn't sent reinforcements.

It's a lost cause for these people.

Attention, Che, attention.

Che, attention, Che.

Listen, could you resolve

the problem and follow...

...the instructions, the instructions

you gave me with the man I sent...

... so tell me if you understand,

understand, understand me.

Over, Che.

Camilo, I hear you perfectly...

...your record is broken,

you have to change it. Over.

How long will you be in Yaguajay?

Over.

Three days, maybe a week.

Over.

The more time you stay there...

...the harder it will be here, Camilo.

Over.

Don't dare to enter the city

without me, do you hear?

Camilo, it's fair to

share the glory sometimes. Over.

Sharing the glory is fine,

but with an Argentine...

...don't do that to me.

Over and out, Che.

It's good to have you in Santa Clara,

Colonel Casillas.

The city's forces

are at your disposal.

Can those forces

get me some coffee?

The best beans in the world, Colonel.

Sit down.

Santa Clara was all they had left.

... the only thing linking Havana

to the country as a whole.

... though we hadn't slept for days...

... and the army

outnumbered us nine to one...

... at that point, safely waiting

for Camilo seemed to us,

more dangerous.

People of Santa Clara...

... this is Comandante Guevara

speaking.

The enemy wants us to live in fear...

... but it is they who should be afraid.

The situation of the military regime

is getting worse every day...

... because their soldiers

don't want to fight.

Santa Clara...

... if there has ever been

a time to fight

... for our freedom,

that time is now.

That moment has come.

I want air strikes...

...all around the neighborhoods.

Torch those bastards!

He's dead.

Cover him with that sheet.

I need more help.

- Aleida.

- The situation is critical.

Talk to Camajuani

and ask for more doctors.

Yes?

Comandante, it's Rogelio

calling from the station.

Speak to me, Rogelio.

Comandante,

we took the train station.

Is it safe?

Good.

Go with 16 men to the train tracks

between Toscano and San Pedro...

...and wait there.

Alright.

The tank is screwing us...

The machine gun

doesn't let us get closer.

For Guile and Ramiro.

- What's the highest position?

- The church at the end of the street.

Then you have to take the church,

you must take the church.

Of course, Comandante.

Go.

Hit it hard.

How many houses

do we have to cross?

Five.

Little Cowboy, it's too many.

Hit it hard. F***.

We have to break it down now!

Get down, Little Cowboy,

you're going to get hit.

Stay here.

Aleida!

- What the f*** are you doing?

- The SIM is on the hotel rooftop.

They hit Little Cowboy.

Tamayo. What happened?

They got Little Cowboy,

Comandante.

What happened to him?

We claimed a rooftop

to get a good position...

...and then, he got shot in the head.

They killed him.

Take him to the medical station.

Tamayo.

You are now in charge

of the suicide platoon.

Keep breaking the walls

until you reach the church.

They need to pay for this.

The rebels

have surrounded the city

and our tanks

can't cross the barricades.

Sh*t.

Get Havana on the phone.

Tell them to airlift

men from Cienfuegos.

We're going to secure this city

neighborhood by neighborhood...

...and street by street.

Send a battalion.

Where are you going?

I don't want to fight anymore.

I'm tired of this.

Let me go.

Anyone else want to leave?

Cease fire!

Cease fire!

Tell your men

to put down their arms.

I'm not going to negotiate

with a subordinate.

You forgot to leave your gun.

- Give me that gun.

- No, no. Take your belt off.

I said I wouldn't negotiate

with a subordinate.

That's okay.

This isn't a negotiation.

Comandante.

I give you my word of honor that

if you let us return to Havana...

...we won't fire another shot.

I believe your word of honor.

But I can't let those bullets kill

more Cubans. Here or anywhere else.

You have 16 minutes

to convince your men to surrender.

If not, you will be

responsible for any bloodshed.

Sh*t!

Send this box to Camilo in Yaguajay.

Aleida, come here.

Call them on the telephone.

We agree to a ceasefire to get

our dead and wounded.

- I advise you to surrender.

- Over my dead body.

What's wrong with you?

Where are you going?

Your Colonel wants you

to fight to the death.

We don't want more Cubans to die.

Give up yourweapons...

...and you will live.

Turn in your weapons!

Now!

Well.

The Colonel and I...

...are going on a special mission

to check our positions.

Keep up the resistance

until I return, is that clear?

Whatever you say, Colonel.

Shoot anyone who tries to leave.

Who is this?

That's Snchez, the police captain.

We found torture instruments

in the station.

You know,

I have an idea to take the hotel.

Tell me.

Leave it to me.

Don't shoot,

don't shoot, we surrender!

Turn in your weapons!

Come on, hurry up!

Camilo took Yaguajay and he

and his troops are heading this way.

We just heard the news

on the shortwave.

It looks like Batista

abandoned the country.

Yes, sir. Right now.

It's General Cantillo calling

from Havana.

Okay, leave.

Yes, General?

I'm negotiating directly with

the U.S. ambassador.

I'm in command of the army now,

acting on behalf of Fidel Castro.

I authorize you to negotiate

a truce, but not to surrender.

You can't surrender

under any circumstances.

As you say, General.

Captain!

I need to talk to Guevara.

I've spoken to Fidel Castro. There's

been no deal with General Cantillo.

This is a revolution, not a coup.

It's either unconditional surrender

or we'll take the garrison...

...by force.

And you'll be responsible

for the bloodshed.

Be aware of the possibility that

the U.S. government will intervene...

...militarily in Cuba.

If that happens,

it would be an even bigger crime...

...as you will be supporting

a foreign invasion.

In that case, your only

remaining option would be...

...foryou to shoot yourself

for committing treason.

Mr. Guevara, I need to talk

with my superiors about that.

It's nineteen minutes past ten.

At eleven, I'll give the order

to attack using all our forces.

Sir, may I return home

to my family?

No.

But we won the revolution already!

We just won the war,

the revolution begins now.

Get all your things,

we're leaving for Havana tomorrow.

Aleida, you, too.

I'll need a guide.

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