Why do we love Che Guevara, but not Fidel Castro?
Channel: daniel torres
Date: 2020-08-15

Che Guevara was one of the founding fighters behind the Cuban Revolution. After overthrowing the Batista regime, he decided to leave his government post and fight with revolutionaries across the world. He had accomplished everything he wanted, and decided to leave it all behind anyway. The eternal revolutionary ended up dying at the hands of the Bolivian army in the thick of the Bolivian jungle. His response to his captors echo through time, “Sé que vienes a matarme. Dispara, cobarde, que solamente vas a matar a un hombre.”

This is the short, romantic history of Che Guevara that’s known in pop-culture. But his sworn comrade and confidant Fidel Castro hardly gets the same affection. Both men fought valiantly, overhthrew an oppressive regime and changed the fate of the world forever. But outside of Chicano communities, the popular appeal of Fidel Castro is limited. This dichotomy of legacy is part of a wider problem. We love revolutionaries. But only when they’re martyrs. 

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The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall. -Che