Che Guevara (141 page)

The Role of the Doctor in Latin America
,
128
–29

Castro and.
See
Castro, Fidel, Che and

as chess player,
18
,
48
,
85
,
105
,
148
,
572
,
579

childhood and adolescence,
13
–41

political consciousness,
23
,
24
,
30
–35,
48
–54

children of.
See names of individual children

as communist.
See
Marxism, Che and

continental revolution and,
375
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377
,
398
,
401
,
417
–18,
481
–84,
496
,
509
–17,
519
–32,
540
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548
–52,
554
–718
passim
,
737
,
739

Algiers speech,
589
–93

in Bolivia,
645
–717

in the Congo,
587
–89,
591
–92,
596
–97,
605
–37,
642
–43,
743

correspondence with family members,
47
,
86
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98
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99
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102
–4,
108
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109
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113
,
156
–57,
412
–13

farewell letters,
599
–600,
602
,
611

from Guatemala,
120
–21,
124
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125
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127
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128
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131
–32,
134
–36,
141
–43,
149

last letter from his mother,
612
–13

from Mexico,
153
–55,
159
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160
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162
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163
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171
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175
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178
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183
–85,
191
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94
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201

while guerrilla fighter,
213
,
295
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311
–12,
741
,
742

in Cuba,
259
–577
passim

as commander of La Cabaña,
359
–60,
367
–401
passim

Cuban citizenship granted to,
379

decision to leave,
563
–66,
597
–98

departure for Bolivia,
664
,
666
–67

farewell letters,
597
–601

first tour of Communist bloc,
463
–70

goodwill tour abroad in 1959,
402
–4

as guerrilla fighter against Batista regime,
205
–360
passim

heads Cuban National Bank.
See
Cuban National Bank

at Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria (INRA),
416
–18,
424
,
425
,
429
–30

at OAS economic conference of 1961,
487
–96

revolutionary tribunals and executions under,
368
–73,
398
–99,
406
,
454
,
455

death of,
725

body of,
xii
–xiv,
712
–14,
727
–29

capture and execution,
xii
,
685
–86,
695
,
700
–710

reaction to,
711
,
714

devotion of his followers,
293
,
323
–24,
392
,
541
,
638

diaries.
See this entry under
journals

divorce from Hilda Gadea,
382
–83,
403

economics, study of,
183
,
429
,
662
–63

education of,
16
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20
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22
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26
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29
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37

medical school,
43
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46
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57
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58
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63
–64,
69
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91
–93

first love,
65
–72

guerrilla warfare,
487

against Batista,
205
–360
passim

becomes comandante,
256

in Bolivia,
645
–717

books written by.
See this entry under
books by

in the Congo,
587
–89,
591
–92,
596
–97,
605
–37,
642
–43,
743

continental revolution.
See this entry under
continental revolution and

as dentist,
254

doctor role,
239
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242
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244
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247
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249
–50,
255
,
608
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609
,
623

first military command,
255
–56

kills his first man,
221

merciful side,
266
–67

reported death,
212
,
351

reputation,
230
,
291
,
338
,
363
–64

return to battlefield,
563
–66,
597
–98

“scientific truth” of spreading Marxism through,
482
–83

as teacher,
223
–24,
284
–85

“War and the Peasantry,”
285

“What Is a Guerrilla,”
380

wounding,
205
–7,
276
,
702
–3

illnesses,
92

asthma.
See this entry under
asthma

in Bolivia,
690
,
698
–99

in the Congo,
610
,
627

emphysema,
386

malaria,
224
,
627

jobs and business schemes,
40
,
43
–44,
57
–58,
67
,
68
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155
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158
–59

journals.
See also Notas de Viaje

“Diario de un Cambatiente” (A Fighter’s Diary),
207
n.

“Otra Vez” (Once Again),
95
,
751

languages, study of foreign,
474
,
609
,
614
,
639
,
674

Marxism and.
See
Marxism, Che and

medical degree,
92
,
93

in Mexico City,
150
–201

New Socialist Man, concept of,
458
,
480
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483
,
565
,
571
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601
–2

nicknames,
28
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29
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37
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54
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56
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105

“Che,” origin of,
124

notebooks,
37
–38,
48
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49
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52
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68
,
183

personality of,
20
,
22
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37
,
178
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184
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325
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492
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536
–41,
574
–75,
724
–25

poetry and,
35
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44
–45,
47
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48
,
85
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145
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196
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742

written for Aleida,
699
,
741
,
742

written for Castro,
195
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210
–11

political viewpoint, emergence of,
112
,
118
–21,
128
–29

press interviews with,
294
–96

as reader,
22
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26
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29
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35
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37
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38
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51
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53
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68
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110
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129
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165
–66,
641
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688

confiscation of books by Peruvian customs,
101
–3

religion and,
21
–22

reputation,
230
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291
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338
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363
–64

sexuality and affairs,
54
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84
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97
–98,
131
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296
–98

as adolescent,
35
–36,
47

monogamy,
541

training for Cuban revolution,
180
–81,
183
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184
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187
–89

emergence as leader,
187
,
188

travels,
48
,
58
–64,
69
–91,
295
,
578
–93

after becoming a doctor,
93
–112

departure for Bolivia,
664
,
666
–67

first airplane ride,
86

first tour of Communist bloc,
463
–70

goodwill tour for Cuba,
402
–4

Guatemalan revolution, leading to involvement with,
116
–21

leaves Cuba for the Congo,
595

at OAS economic conference of 1961,
487
–96

poverty and misery witnessed during,
79
–81,
88
,
98
,
100
,
101

to Soviet Union,
463
–67,
504
,
578
–80

to United States,
89
–90,
581
–84

volunteer labor and,
480
,
565

wives of.
See
Gadea, Hilda; March, Aleida

Guevara, Hilda “Hildita” Beatriz (daughter),
181
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183
–85,
196
,
199
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213
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221
–22,
296
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382
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383
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425
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485
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537
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600
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666
n
.,
724
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729

birth of,
181
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183
–84

Che’s farewell letter to,
602

Guevara, Moisés,
661
,
671
,
673
–75,
677

death of,
693
,
698

Guevara Castro, Roberto (grandfather),
4

Guevara de la Serna, Ana María (sister),
57
,
368
,
489

after Che’s death,
719

birth of,
15

education of,
92

marriage of,
92
,
311

Guevara de la Serna, Celia (sister),
27
,
41
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57
,
68
,
311
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312
,
489

after Che’s death,
719

birth of,
10

childhood of,
11
,
15
,
26

in Cuba,
368
,
370

education of,
92

marriage of,
155

Guevara de la Serna, Ernesto “Che.”
See
Guevara, Ernesto Che

Guevara de la Serna, Juan Martín

(brother),
311
,
489
,
491
,
513
n.
after Che’s death,
719

birth of,
27

childhood of,
92

in Cuba,
368
,
384
–85

Guevara de la Serna, Roberto (brother),
48
,
56
,
57
,
311
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368
,
489
–90

after Che’s death,
713
–14,
719

birth of,
11

as child,
39

childhood of,
15
,
22

military service,
92
,
163

Guevara Lynch, Beatriz (aunt),
11
,
17
,
47
,
56
–57,
81
,
91
,
120
,
127
,
128
,
159
,
489
–
91
,
539
,
714

apartment of,
47
,
56
,
57
,
91

Che’s letters to.
See
Guevara, Ernesto Che, correspondence with family members

Guevara Lynch, Ercilia (aunt),
8
,
153

Guevara Lynch, Ernesto (father),
4
–45
passim
,
50
,
54
,
56
,
65
,
93
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113
,
221
–22,
489
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490
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539
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574
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612
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714

after Che’s death,
719

background of,
4
–5

correspondence with Che.
See
Guevara, Ernesto Che, correspondence with family members

in Cuba,
368
,
370
,
373
,
384
–85

death of,
719

extramarital affairs,
20
,
27

family finances,
5
,
7
,
9
–11,
13
,
15
–16,
18
,
26
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27
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40
,
45
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57
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91

marriages of,
5
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9
–10,
20
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27
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39
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40
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45
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56
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719

memoirs,
60
n
.,
373
,
719

reports of Che’s activities and,
212
–13,
295
,
296
,
359
,
361

Guevara Lynch, Federico (uncle),
16

Guevara Lynch, Fernando (uncle),
497

Guevara Lynch, Juan Martín (brother),
534