Contents

Ernesto Che Guevara: Biographical Note

Chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara

Editor’s Preface

Introduction

María del Carmen Ariet García

PART ONE

Discovering Latin America 1950–56

Introduction

Travels in Argentina (1950)

    Excerpts from “The Bicycle Diaries”

First Trip through Latin America (1951–52)

    Excerpts from “The Motorcycle Diaries”

A Second Look at Latin America (1953–56)

    Excerpts from “Latin America Diaries”

Doctors and their Environment

    The Role of the Doctor in Latin America

Reading Notes

    Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

    La crónica del Perú by Pedro Cieza de León

    La araucana by Alonso de Ercilla

    Facundo (Civilización o barbarie) by Domingo F. Sarmiento

    El Evangelio y el Syllabus y Un dualismo imposible by Dr. Lorenzo Montúfar

    Martín Fierro by José Hernández

    Obras escogidas by Enrique Gómez Carrillo

    Martí: Raíz y ala del libertador de Cuba by Vicente Sáenz

    Breve historia de México by José Vasconcelos

    Trayectoria de Goethe by Alfonso Reyes

    La rebelión de los colgados by Bruno Traven

    Biografía del Caribe by Germán Arciniegas

    Mamita Yunai by Carlos Luis Fallas

    Canto General by Pablo Neruda

    Guatemala: la democracia y el imperio by Juan José Arévalo

    El hechicero by Carlos Solórzano

Journalism (1953–54)

    “The View from the Banks of the Giant of Rivers”

    “Machu-Picchu: An Enigma in Stone of the Americas”

    “The Dilemma of Guatemala”

    “The Workers of the United States: Friends or Enemies?”

Poems (unpublished)

    To the Bolivian Miners

    Who Cares?

    Spain in America

    A Tear for You

    Invitation to the Road

    Uaxactún... Sleeps

Selected Letters (1953–56)

Books Read in Adolescence

PART TWO

Latin America from Within (1956–65)

Introduction

1956–58

The Revolutionary War in Cuba

Articles

    “How Cuban the World Seems to Us”

    “Our Soul is Full of Compassion”

Interview

    Interview by the Argentine Journalist Jorge Ricardo Masetti

1959

Article

    Latin America from the Afro-Asian Perspective

Speech

    Speech to the College of Medicine, Havana

Interview

    Interview for Radio Rivadavia, Argentina

Letter

1960

Articles

    “Regional Disarmament and Other Acts of Submission”

    “Don’t be Stupid, Buddy, and Other Warnings”

    “Knee Bends, International Organizations and Genuflections”

    “Caracero, the Argentine Vote and Other Rhinoceroses”

    “Ydígoras, Somoza and Other Proofs of Friendship”

    “The Marshall Plan, the Eisenhower Plan and Other Plans”

    “Nixon, Eisenhower, Hagerty and Other Warnings”

    “Accusations at the OAS and United Nations and Other Stabs”

    “The ‘Court of Miracles’ and Other Devices used by the OAS”

    “A Tiny Bit is a Big Enough Sample and Other Short Stories”

Speeches

    Speech to the Latin American Youth Congress, Havana

    In Support of the Declaration of Havana, Camagüey

    Farewell to the International Volunteer Work Brigades

Selected Letters

1961

Article

    Cuba: Historical Exception or Vanguard in the Anticolonial Struggle?

Speeches

    “Economics Cannot be Separated from Politics.” First intervention at the CIES Conference, Punta del Este

    “The Real Road to Development.” Second intervention at the CIES Conference, Punta del Este

    Cuban Television interview about the Alliance for Progress and the CIES Conference in Punta del Este

Letter

1962

Articles

    “Tactics and Strategy for the Latin American Revolution”

    “El Patojo”

Speeches

    The Cuban Revolution’s Influence in Latin America

    Speech to the Argentines Living in Havana

1963

Article

    “Guerrilla Warfare: A Method”

Letter

1964

Speech

    Response to the Attacks against Cuba in the UN General Assembly, New York

Letter

Reading Lists (Cuba 1956–65)

PART THREE

The Americas United: Revolutionary Internationalism (1965–67)

Introduction

Congo Diary. Excerpt from the epilogue

Message to the Tricontinental: “Create two, three... many Vietnams”

Bolivian Diary. Excerpts

Documents from Bolivia

    Communiqué No. 1: To the Bolivian People (March 27, 1967)

    Communiqué No. 2: To the Bolivian People (April 14, 1967)

    Communiqué No. 3: To the Bolivian People (May 1967)

    Communiqué No. 4: To the Bolivian People (June 1967)

    Communiqué No. 5: To the Bolivian Miners (June 1967)

    Instructions to Urban Cadres (January 22, 1967)

Reading Lists (1965–67)

Reading Plan for Bolivia

Index