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Probably one of the greatest revolutionaries of all time. He lived his politics and convictions, which ultimately brought him to his death. And as long as he is remembered his spirit and ideas remain alive. Que viva Che!
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Che
by Fidel Castro Ruz

Granma (Habana)
October 8, 2007

I make a halt in my daily struggle to bow my head in respect and gratitude
to the exceptional combatant who fell on October 8th, forty years ago; for
the example he passed on to us as leader of his Rebel Army Column, which
crossed the swampy grounds of the former provinces of Oriente and Camagüey
while being chased by enemy troops. He was the liberator of the city of
Santa Clara, and the creator of voluntary work; he accomplished honorable
political missions abroad and served as a messenger of militant
internationalism in eastern Congo and Bolivia; he built a new awareness in
our America and the world.

I thank him for what he tried but was not able to do in his home country,
because he was like a flower prematurely severed from its stem.

He left us his unmistakable style of writing — with elegance, brevity and
veracity — every detail of whatever happened to cross his mind. He was a
predestinate, but he didn’t know it. He still fights with us and for us.

Yesterday, we commemorated the 31st anniversary of the killing of the
passengers and crew of a Cuban airliner that was blown up in mid-flight, and
we are on the threshold of the tenth anniversary of the cruel and unjust
imprisonment of the five Cuban anti-terrorist heroes. We likewise bow our
heads to them all.

It was with great emotion that I watched and heard the commemoration
ceremony on TV.

Fidel Castro Ruz
October 7, 2007

Labels: 40th anniversary Che's commemoration, Che, Ernesto Guevara