Che Wants to See You: The Untold Story of Che Guevara

Che Wants to See You: The Untold Story of Che Guevara

Che Wants to See You: The Untold Story of Che Guevara

Che Wants to See You: The Untold Story of Che Guevara

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Overview

For the first time, Ciro Bustos, Che’s right-hand man in the struggle for Argentina, tells his story. As a young man inspired by the example of Cuba, Bustos was determined to bring revolution to the home country he shared with his hero. After a failed attempt to liberate Argentina, it was not until 1966 that he was contacted by the Cubans once again and told, “Che wants to see you.”

Under false papers, Bustos crossed the border into Bolivia, where Che was in hiding with his guerrilla forces; and here, for the first time, Che shared his plans for a continental revolution. In this fascinating memoir, Ciro Bustos tells us a story only he is able to recount: what really happened in Bolivia in 1967 and why he did not betray Che.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781781680964
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 06/04/2013
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Ciro Bustos was born in Mendoza in 1932. After his release from prison in Bolivia he first moved to Chile, but had to flee to Argentina following the 1973 coup. He fled Argentina three years later after another coup, and now lives in Malmo, Sweden. El Che Quiere Verte was published in Argentina in 2007.

Anne Wright has translated many books into English, including The Motorcycle Diaries; I, Rigoberta Menchu and The Assasination of Lumumba.

Table of Contents

Introduction Jon Lee Anderson xi

Preface xxii

Part 1 Cuba

1 Mendoza: Where It All Started 3

2 News of Castro's Revolution Reaches Argentina: 1958 11

3 My Journey to the Island: April 1961 18

4 Starting Work in Cuba 29

5 'Compañero, Che Is Expecting You' 40

Part 2 Argentina

6 A Project for Utopia 57

7 An Army of Five Madmen 62

8 Training and the Missile Crisis: October 1962 70

9 Prague, Paris and Algiers: November-December 1962 83

10 Death Takes Centre Stage: Algiers, January-May 1963 97

11 Onwards to Bolivia and Argentina: May-June 1963 106

12 The Base in the Argentine Jungle: June 1963 115

13 Making Contacts in the Cities: July-August 1963 122

14 They All Wanted to Climb Aboard: September 1963 135

15 Bringing More Recruits to the Jungle Camp: November 1963 146

16 Defections and an Execution: February 1964 162

17 Sudden and Total Disaster: March 1964 172

Part 3 China

18 A Post-mortem with Che in Havana: May-July 1964 183

19 Beginning All Over Again: August 1964 189

20 Encounter in Uruguay with Raúl Sendic: September 1964 193

21 A Decision to Suspend Guerrilla Activity in Argentina: 1965 201

22 Summoned Back to Havana: May 1966 209

23 The Terraces of the Rising Sun: June-July 1966 220

Part 4 Bolivia

24 'Che Wants to See You': January 1967 235

25 The Camp with an Absent Comandante: March 1967 248

26 The Prophet in Tatters 262

27 A War Is Won by Fighting 267

28 Back at the Camp on the Ñancahuazú 271

29 Che Reiterates His Strategic Objective: Argentina 274

30 The First Battle: 23 March 1967 280

31 Bombardment, Che Calls a Meeting, and a Night March 285

32 Way Out Where There Was No Way Out 296

33 Leave-taking and Farewells 306

34 Under Arrest in Muyupampa: 20 April 1967 316

35 The CIA Takes Charge 332

36 On Trial in Camiri: October 1967 354

37 The Death of Che Guevara: 9 October 1967 374

Part 5 Prison in Camirí

38 A Thirty-year Sentence 381

39 Lunchtime in the Cage 386

40 Night Flight to Iquique: December 1970 408

Part 6 Exile

41 Chile in the Time of Allende: 1970-1973 429

42 Argentina: 1973-1976 435

43 Sweden, 1976 to the Present 446

Epilogue 452

Acknowledgements 467

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