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NEWS ABOUT: Che Guevara

Che Guevara stories: 12 news summaries

 Miami Cubans 
 Feud Over 
 Havana Peace 
 Concert 

Cuban regime using Juanes, critics say

Sep 5, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Juan Esteban Aristizábal, the Colombian pop star better known as Juanes, has sparked a generational spat among Cuban-Americans by agreeing to sing at a “peace concert” in Havana, the Economist reports. Many elders view the event as the Cuban regime’s latest attempt to manipulate public opinion, but... More »

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communism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Che Guevara • Cuban Americans

 Man Wins $1B Judgment 
 Against Castro, Guevara 

Court finds revolutionaries responsible for GM dealer's 1959 suicide

May 30, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Cuban-American who blames Fidel Castro and Che Guevara for his father's suicide has been awarded more than $1 billion by a US court, the Miami Herald reports. Gustavo Villoldo, whose father and his General Motors dealerships became prime targets for Castro and Guevara after the 1959 revolution, will attempt... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • lawsuit • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • Cuban Americans • Gustavo Villoldo

OPINION

From Cuba to Hollywood,
Che a Caricature of Himself

For many, image of Che Guevara still resonates

Feb 1, 09 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Steven Soderbergh’s biopic Che is drawing fresh attention to revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara—even as he’s becoming a kind of caricature of himself, Rolf Potts writes in World Hum. In Cuba, Guevara serves as “a sainted martyr of unwavering purity who also happens to promote... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • Steven Soderbergh

 French Class
 Tops Cannes Honors 

Del Toro grabs Bests Actor for Che

May 25, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Laurent Cantet's The Class walked away with Cannes' prestigious Palm D'Or today, the final day of competition, reports the Hollywood Reporter. It was the first time a French film had claimed the prize since 1987. Cannes Jury President Sean Penn followed the announcement with a list of largely sleeper candidates.... More »

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film • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • Che Guevara • Sean Penn • Benicio Del Toro • movies • Laurent Cantet

movie REVIEW

 Cannes Agrees: Che Is ... Long 

Commercial market hardly assured for Soderbergh's 4½-hour biopic

May 23, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Soderbergh’s much-anticipated Che Guevara biopic debuted last night at Cannes, and critics agree on at least two points: It was really, really long, and American audiences might never get to see it. A tough sell to distributors, the 4½-hour Che focuses almost entirely on military procedure, with... More »

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film • Cannes Film Festival • movie review • Che Guevara • Benicio Del Toro • Steven Soderbergh

Cuba Takes a Swing at Golf

The tiny Communist nation hopes tourists will come back to the island

Feb 23, 08 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly a dozen tony golf-resort projects funded by Spanish, British, and Canadian consortiums are under way in Cuba as acting President Raul Castro tries to lure foreign tourists—and their cash—back to the struggling island nation by creating a new Caribbean golf destination, reports the Wall Street Journal.... More »

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golf • tourism • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • golf course • Che Guevara • tourists • Varadero Beach • Sam Snead • Arnold Palmer • Cuban Missile Crisis

RIP Che, but
Not in His
Tomb in Cuba

Guevara burial site not nearly as advertised, New Republic reports

Oct 31, 07 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands came to Che Guevara's Cuban mausoleum in July to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the revolutionary’s death—but they were paying respects at the wrong resting place. A French journalist claims that Fidel Castro’s government never actually found the Argentine’s body—as was triumphantly announced 10... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • mausoleum • martyr • Che Guevara • fabrication

Revolutionary Roots: Che's Hair for Sale

Rumors say Chavez of Venezeula is interested 'mystery buyer'

Oct 25, 07 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A scrapbook including photos of Che Guevara's corpse, hand-written letters from comrades-in-arms, and a lock of the revolutionary's hair snipped after he was shot to death are on a Dallas auction block with a starting price of $100,000. The collection belongs to a former CIA operative who helped track,... More »

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Fidel Castro • auction • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • Hugo Chávez

Cuba Celebrates Che

Casto, too weak to attend, calls comrade 'a flower yanked prematurely from its stem'

Oct 8, 07 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 10,000 Cubans gathered today to honor Che Guevara, the man who helped Fidel Castro take power in the 1959 communist revolution. Calling Che "a flower yanked prematurely from its stem," Castro, too weak to attend, praised the icon in a message read to the crowd. The... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Bolivia • Communism • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • El Che • Motorcycle Diaries • baseball

Che's Legacy Fading in Latin America

Today's leftists
pick ballots over
armed rebellion

Oct 6, 07 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Che Guevara’s face still adorns T-shirts, mugs, even bikinis, but today's Latin leftists are picking modern means to his ends, Reuters reports. Recent articles are blasting the cult of Guevara while lefty leaders plug elections over armed rebellion. “Ours is 21st Century socialism," says Ecuador’s president.... More »

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Latin America • Cuba • Che Guevara

Che Killer
Gets Free Gift From Cuba

Medical care extended to Bolivian who gunned down the hero

Oct 2, 07 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - One week before the 40th anniversary of Che Guevera’s death, Cuban Communists are trumpeting the news that their own doctors recently saved the eyesight of the Bolivian who pulled the trigger. A Cuban program offering free surgery in Latin America removed cataracts from the eyes of Mario Teran, the... More »

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Latin America • Cuba • Bolivia • Che Guevara • Mario Teran • cataracts

Castro's Hat Is Suddenly Hot Fashion Item

Tourists and apolitical youth snatch up caps
in apolitical fad

Sep 21, 07 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The trademark Castro hat is selling like hotcakes in Havana, bought by tourists and Cubans alike, although in neither case as a symbol of socialist support. Although the cap may often feature an image of Che Guevara, Cuban youths have been decorating it with tags from western clothing multinationals like... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Che Guevara

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