Research Paper on Che Guevara

His final stage of the hero’s journey was the Return stage. Chavez had to adjust to a new lifestyle because after he went 25 days without food, he lost 35 pounds, and he was too weak to speak for the next 28 years. He mastered the 2 worlds when he won 3 awards for his leadership in the public/community service. He won the Pacem in Terris award in 1992 for public service with spanish cultures, he won the Jefferson award for public service. The Jefferson award is the highest award a civilian can get, so he was very honored to receive this award. Finally, he received the …

Chavez’s childhood was surrounded by his parents and himself in the fields to support them become sustainable. As he aged, Chavez saw the flaws in working conditions, wage, and became the director of the United Farm Worker Association Also, many other campaigns such as the Anti-Immigrant Stance became controversial. His

Methods: This investigation will describe Che Guevara’s involvement in Latin American independence movements, focusing specifically on his involvement with Fidel Castro’s “26th of July” movement. His actions and words will be analyzed, and his conduct this period of political upheaval will be used as evidence in order to answer the investigative question.

Chavez did not like school because he did not speak English very well and Spanish was forbidden in the school he was attending at the time. All of his teachers spoke English. He would get punished with a ruler to his knuckles for speaking Spanish. In 1942 Chavez had graduated the 8th grade. He could not attend high school because he had to work for his family to earn money, so instead he became a migrant farm worker. People today want their children to learn about Chavez so that the generations to come might live their lives like his. The significant event that impacted Chavez to become the person he was, was his own experience as a farm worker his whole life. The people that made a significant impact on his life included Martin Luther King Jr. that had said, “As brothers in the fight for equality I extend the hand of fellowship and good will and wish continuing success to you and your members” (cesarchavezholiday.org). Also Gandhi had agreed with Chavez’s act of

Death squads and disappearances caused mental anguish to so many citizens of countries plagued with war all over Latin America, just like Lupe and her family. Gabriel Garcia Marquez poses the question, “why could social justice not be a goal for Latin America?” Countries in Latin America like Nicaragua, Guatemala, EL Salvador, Argentina, and Chile were striving for social justice. Some even had democratic elections and were on the right path but the fear of communism that plagued the United States since the beginning of the Cold War halted any of the progress Latin American countries could have even made. Any sort of progress, whether it was farmers and peasants like José forming unions and organizations fighting for human rights, or democratically elected presidents like Arbenz or Allende that fought for agrarian reform and nationalization of resources was completely shut down either directly or indirectly by the United States. Social justice was definitely a goal for Latin America. The region is not filled with savages that can’t grasp democracy; even Marquez “rejected the idea that ‘violence and pain’ was the natural condition of the region.” The United States halted and set aside any progress for social justice in Latin America because it feared losing its powerful influence in the

Latin America as we know it today has undergone many changes throughout history. The beginning for this time of change was 1808. Spain, the country most widely responsible for the colonization of Latin America, was in trouble with France’s master of conquest, Napoleon Bonaparte. Napolien overthrew the King of Spain and replaced him with his brother, Joseph Bonaparte. The repercusions of this evet rolled through Latin America and primed the atmosphere for revolution. The colonial people of Latin America had no loyalty to the new Jing Joseph. This lack of respect for the new

The Latin American countries have been subject to many changes ever since the American continent was discovered. These changes have mainly affected the economy, culture and power changes these countries have suffered throughout the years. According to Jon Charles Chasteen on his book “Born in Blood & Fire” During the twentieth century, there were three main events that changed the course of Latin American countries and their economies. These three events were, the emergence of nationalism, the end of World War II, and the Cuban revolution. However, in my point of view, the event that created more impact in Latin America and the future of these countries has been Cuban Revolution. It is not a secret that the Cuban Revolution created a big impact to the country’s future, unfortunately this revolution not only changed Cuba, but also the entire region of Latin America.

An individual’s discovery is transformative on their perceptions of the world. This is the case for the book ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ by Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and Keats’s sonnet “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer”. In this book, we are taken on Che’s journey as he travels Latin America as a young man, before the fame. His diary entries lead the reader into his own eyes, as a typical young man on an adventure, not the revolutionary figure we all associate him with. Through his descriptive entries of the landscape he journeys across, we discover his deeper connection to the land of South America and the love he has for its people. As well as the beautiful things that South America has to

In 1945, Che attended medical school in Buenos Aires to become a medical doctor. During his residency, Che traveled to Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela practicing medicine on the local populations. In 1953 Che heads to Guatemala, a country experiencing their own revolution whose leader was Jacobo Arbenz. While in Guatemala, Che became involved in political activity, studying Marxism. Arbenz would be overthrown a year later by the American CIA.

This may be another reason why he’s so important, not to me, but to all cubans. Whether they live here or in the island, we love our homeland, and never forget it. In exile he wrote his most famous essay, “Our America” where he called for Latin American countries to unite, he said it would be wise for these countries to learned from the United States, but that they should establish their governments based on their needs and cultures. José had many ideas for the day when Cuba becomes its own country, free of Spain’s control. In his most written of, he wanted to prevent any one class or group from taking total control of the county. Ironically, Fidel Castro called him an important influence in his own revolution decades later, and yet he did what Jose Marti did not wanted and fought for in a Cuban government, he obtained total

In my 27 years on this planet, I have heard little to nothing about the revolutionist and Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Of the small amount of conversation which has occurred in front of me, Castro was always described in a negative way. He was described as a cruel, selfish Communist dictator who is against the ideas and beliefs of my own country. For those reasons, I have never bothered educating myself about Castro and his life. Now that I am older, my education has presented the opportunity for me to get to know Castro and see things from his perspective, the non-American perspective. Because I am curious about Castro 's rise early life, rise to power, and accomplishments during his rule, I have

Alberto Korda took two photos on March 5, 1960. One of the still frames would immortalize one of the most infamous and controversial ideologues to have ever lived. The image being draped over millions of shirts, posters, and most significantly the Ministry of the Interior building in Cuba. Che Guevara being celebrated by the Castro’s, and his ideals forced upon Cuba by them. The Castro family has held power in Cuba since the 1960’s. Cuba being ruled by Fidel Castro until recently his brother Raul took charge. Both men being disliked by the global public and Fidel Castro recognized as an evil dictator. What is many times overlooked was the fact that Che Guevara was just as pivotal to the sinister Cuban regime. Che had major effects on the abuse of a society, Cuban politics, and the justification of evil.

Before the revolution began, Che met with Fidel Castro in Mexico in 1955. During this meeting, Che seemed uninterested and reluctant about joining the 26th of July Movement at first, asking Castro if he “has a boat and fighters” (Che: Part One, Soderbergh). During this same conversation, Castro asks Che, “Do you think I’m

Yo soy Fidel Castro. Dirigí la Revolución Cubana. I was the heart of the Cuban Revolution. Without me, history in the modern age wouldn't have been the same. I overthrew the Batista regime in Cuba with the help of my former friend, Che Guevara. He was a good one, until he left me. His idiocy cost him his life. Why go to Bolivia when you could’ve stayed in Cuba with me? I am the most important Latin-American leader in this room. I led and started a revolution. I united Cuba under one party. I gave my country freedom from the clutches of American evil. Che left me because he didn’t wanna work hard and get his hands dirty for this government. He was just scared.

Like the much used stencil of Guevara's determined visage, the general perception of his life is flat and two-dimensional. No where more so, it seems, then in the country richest in Guevara's history, Cuba. An article printed July 21st 1997 in Newsweek, entitled 'Return Of The Rebel', explored Cuban society in the wake of the long-awaited discovery of Guevara's skeleton in Bolivian town of Vallegrande. In it journalist Brook Lamer explains how 'the Cuban Government played a pivotal role in creating the Che mystique, and it is not about to let its franchise slip away'[2].