Che Guevara (137 page)

Bengochea, Vasco,
543
,
547
,
556
,
566
,
568

Benson, Charles,
8

Bergen, Candice,
642

Berlin Wall,
487

Betancourt, Rómulo,
114
,
115
,
376
n.
,
388
,
456
,
477
,
497
,
511

Bettelheim, Charles,
574

Beverragi, Domingo,
115
,
116

Beverragi, Walter,
115
,
116

Bidinost Payer, Osvaldo,
32
–33,
38
–39,
68

Bingham, Hiram,
112

Biryusov, Marshal Sergei,
501

Bissell, Richard,
444
,
475
,
477

Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
(Schlesinger and Kinzer),
148
,
734

Blanco, Hugo,
148
,
529
,
531

Blanco Rico, Colonel Manuel,
200

Bohemia
magazine,
247
,
252
,
254
,
281
,
363
,
372
,
381
,
433
,
458

Bolini-Roca, Enrique,
558
,
559

Bolívar, Simón,
536

Bolivia,
22
–23,
103
,
529
–30,
569
,
645
–717,
719

capturing of Che in,
xii
,
686
–87,
695
,
700
–710

Che’s 1953

travels through,
95
–101

dead guerrillas, military’s handling of,
695
,
712
–14

discord between Cuban and Bolivian guerrillas,
670
–71,
679

execution of Che in,
706
–10

lack of Bolivian support for guerrilla war in,
680
,
684
,
689
,
697
–98,
745
–46

loss by guerrillas of contact with support network,
689
–90,
696

Ñancahuazú base camp,
659
,
662
,
670
,
672
–79,
693

selection as Che’s target for revolution,
646
–48

significance of guerrilla war in, for Che,
671
–72,
688

Bolivian Communist party (PCB),
528
–32,
578
,
579
,
645
,
650
,
660
,
661
,
669
,
672
,
717
,
720
,
721
.
See also
Monje Molina, Mario

Maoist faction,
645
,
649
,
661

outlawing of,
682

Bolsa Negra mine, Bolivia,
100

Boluarte, Zoraida,
82
,
83

Bonsal, Philip,
388
,
428
,
439
,
463

Bordón Machado, Víctor,
328
,
331
,
348
,
350
,
354
–55,
416

Borge, Tomas,
510
–11

Borrego, Orlando,
378
,
390
–92,
399
,
405
,
406
,
417
,
470
,
480
–81,
514
,
523
,
540
,
564
,
666
,
680
,
725
,
741
,
755

Che’s economic writings and,
662
,
663

collection of Che’s works published by,
663
–64

death of Che and,
714

first meeting with Che,
334
–35

at Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria,
416
–18,
429

memento left by Che for,
600
–601

revolutionary tribunals and,
371
,
372
,
391

Borroto, Juan,
336
,
364
,
386

Bosch, Juan,
114
–15,
603

Boti, Regino,
366
,
453
,
538

Boumédienne, Houari,
521
,
542
,
617

BRAC.
See
Buró de Represión a las Activides Comunistas (BRAC)

Braddock, Daniel,
376
–77,
390
,
439

Braden, Spruille,
51
,
75
,
117
,
260

Bravo, Douglas,
580
n
.

Brazil,
494
,
497
,
569

Brezhnev, Leonid,
578
,
604

Brigade 2506,
450
,
476
,
706

Britain,
326

British Guyana,
111

British Honduras,
110
,
111
.
See also
Honduras

Buehlman, Victor,
244

Bulgaria,
459
,
461
,
466
,
619

Bunke, Haydée Tamara “Tania,”
470
,
514
,
523
–25,
565
–66,
575
,
641
,
654
–56,
695

Bolivian affair and,
669
–70,
672
–75,
677
–78,
680
,
682
,
683

death of,
xii
,
693
–95,
722

Burgos, Elizabeth,
747

Burlatsky, Feder,
549

Buró de Represión a las Activides Comunistas (BRAC),
160
,
259
,
326
,
406

Bustos, Ciro Roberto,
484
,
566
–68,
575
,
719
–20

after Bolivian affair,
719
,
720

in Bolivia,
675
,
677
–78,
681
–85,
747

capture and interrogation of,
683
–86,
688
,
746

in China,
657
n
.

preparation of Argentina for revolution and,
512
,
516
–22,
527
,
528
,
542
–47,
555
–59,
656
–57,
673
,
675
,
677
–78,
684
–85

Caballete de Cases, Cuba, Che’s base at,
334
–35

Cabot, John Moors,
117

Cabral, Amilcar,
571

Cabrera, José “El Negro,”
694

Cabrera, José “La Negra,”
35
,
63

Cabrera Infante, Guillermo,
573
,
736

Cáceres, Julio “Patojo” (The Kid),
150
–51,
382
,
430
,
507
–9

Calvento, Margarita,
89

Camacho, Julio,
267

Campos, Ricardo,
50

Campuzano, Cristina,
616
,
743

Canelo, Dr. “El Petiso,”
544
,
547

Cantillo, General Eulogio,
307
,
308
,
317
,
327
,
348
,
352
–54,
356
,
359

Cantinflas (pseudonym),
248
,
250
,
276

“Canto a Fidel.”
See
“Ode to Fidel”

Caracas Pact,
315

Cárdenas, Lázaro,
153
,
194

Cárdenas, Osvaldo de,
377
–78

Cardero, Gilberto,
249

Caribbean Legion,
114

Carreras, Jesús,
328
–29,
461

Carreterro, Juan, alias Ariel,
509
,
517
,
523
,
529
,
568
,
594
,
641
–43,
646
,
647
,
657
,
657
n
.,
689
n
.,
744
–46

Carrillo, Colonel Ugalde,
451

Carrillo, Justo,
267
–68,
303
,
315
,
347
,
366
,
430
n
.,
460

Carta de Mexico,
197

Carta Semanal
,
300

Casa-Museo del Che,
730

Casals, Violeta,
416
,
418
,
434

Casillas, Joaquín,
223
,
240
,
264
,
348
,
353
–56

Castañeda, Roberto,
148

Castellanos, Alberto,
343
,
344
,
361
,
404
,
522
–23,
541
,
544
,
547
–48,
554
,
558
–60,
613
,
718

Castillo, Ramón,
31
,
63

Castillo Armas, Carlos,
126
,
127
,
137
,
140
,
142
–44,
147
–50

Castillo Chávez, José, aka Paco,
693

Castro, Ángel,
167
–68

Castro, Fidel,
720
,
724
,
735

appearance of,
170

arrest and imprisonment of

in Cuba,
101
,
124
,
156
,
170
,
171

in Mexico,
189
–94

released from prison,
160
,
161
,
194

assassination plots and attempts,
186
,
310
n
.,
373
,
415
,
474
,
477

Batista regime, plans to overthrow,
87

“Appeal to the Cuban People,”
231

Cuban army offensive of 1958 against the rebels,
299
,
301
,
304
–17

fund raising in the United States,
177
,
179
–80,
185

general strike of 1958,
298
–300,
303
,
341

July 26, 1953 revolt,
101
,
124
,
171
,
173

leads guerrilla movement in Cuba,
209
–360
passim

“Manifesto No.
1

to the Cuban People,”
176
–77

Mexico City activities of Castro and his followers,
156
–201
passim

as nationalist,
161
–62

peace overtures to Batista,
287

press coverage,
224
,
228
,
235
–36,
244
–
47
,
272
,
287
,
292
n
.,
307

rift between sierra fighters and llano leaders,
228
,
261
–63,
277
,
279
–80,
287
,
303

socialism and,
171

as student protester,
87
,
169

success of rebellion,
359
–60

Ben Bella’s ousting and,
617

Che and,
167
–577
passim
,
663
,
664
,
666
–67

after Che left Cuba for the Congo,
602
,
604
,
624
–25,
631
,
632
,
641

after Che’s death,
722
,
726

Bolivian mission,
644
,
646
–48,
673
,
680
,
682

comparison between,
167
–70,
440
–41

death of Che and,
711
,
714

desire for Fidel’s approval,
210
–11,
239

farewell letter to Fidel,
597
–98,
638

“goodwill tour,” Che sent on,
402

joins Fidel’s guerrilla movement,
167

loyalty to each other,
195
,
210
–11,
308
,
604

promotion of Che,
255

revolutionary policy, origination of,
425
–26,
551

rumors of division between,
405
,
416
,
593
–95,
603
–4,
649
,
722

communism and,
200
,
259
,
260
,
287
,
294
,
390
,
397
,
498

distancing himself from,
192
–93,
239
,
282
,
306
,
307

continental revolution.
See
continental revolution, Castro and

education of,
167
–68

Hugo Chávez and,
729
–30

postrevolutionary government and,
361
–80
passim. See also
Urrutia, Manuel, as president of Cuba

becomes prime minister,
379

as center of power,
368

reform of the army,
367

revolutionary tribunals,
372
–73,
389
,
396
,
428

trip to United States,
394
–99

as prime minister,
379
–747
passim

Soviet Union and.
See
Soviet Union, Castro’s relationship with

Castro, Julio “Gaucho,”
404
,
489

Castro, Raúl,
156
,
163
–65,
169
,
173
,
184
,
188
,
189
,
279
,
318
n
.,
327
,
365
,
367
,
368
,
397
,
398
,
400
,
404
,
423
n
.,
433
,
442
,
444
,
461
,
569
,
578
,
658
,
724
,
730
,
739