Ernesto "Che" Guevara was een marxistische revolutionair en intellectueel wiens leven werd gevormd door de overtuiging dat wereldwijde revolutie noodzakelijk was om de belangen van de armen te bevorderen. Na de omverwerping van de Guatemalteekse president Arbenz verdiepte zijn radicale ideologie zich. Later sloot hij zich aan bij Fidel Castro en speelde een cruciale rol in de Cubaanse Revolutie. Na de machtsovername op Cuba verliet hij het land om elders revoluties te ontketenen, wat uiteindelijk leidde tot zijn gevangenneming en executie in Bolivia. Zijn gestileerde beeltenis is een wereldwijd erkend symbool in de popcultuur geworden.
Memories of Che Guevara by his father
This vibrant narrative, compiled from two memoirs written by Che Guevara's father (the first time these sources have been made available in English), covers the formative years of the revolutionary icon. 16 pages of photographs.
El itinerario político y humano del Che en reveladora correspondencia íntima
These travel diaries capture the essence and exuberance of the young legend, Che Guevara. In January 1952, Che set out from Buenos Aires to explore South America on an ancient Norton motorcycle. He encounters an extraordinary range of people, from native Indians to copper miners, lepers and tourists, experiencing hardships and adventures that informed much of his later life. This expanded, new edition from Ocean Press, published with exclusive access to the Che Guevara Archives held in Havana, includes a preface by Che's daughter, Aleida Guevara. It also features previously unpublished photos (taken by Che on his travels), as well as new, unpublished parts of the diaries, poems and letters. In January 2004, the film by the same name, The Motorcycle Diaries, will have its world premiere at the Sundance International Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. Directed by Walter Salles (Central Station, Behind the Sun), produced by Robert Redford and with a screenplay by Jos Rivera, the film stars the up-and-coming Mexican actor Gael Garc a Bernal (Amores Perros, Y Tu Mam Tambi n, The Crimes of Father Amaro)