Egyik barátom, Aiya küldött egy cikket, amely Zoila Rodríguez García-ról szól.
Zoila fiatal kubai lány volt a Sierra Maestra-ban a kubai forradalom idején és a szerzők szerint Che barátnője volt. (Az eredeti spanyol szövegben a "novia" elnevezéssel illették, amelynek jelentése "barátnő" és "menyasszony" - ez az oka annak, hogy egyesek Che menyasszonyának nevezik őt - noha akkoriban Che nős volt.)
Igyekeztem minél pontosabban fordítani és ma meg is osztom veletek az eredményt. Íme:

18 éves volt, amikor először találkozott Che-vel, las Vegas de Jibacoa-ban, a Sierra Maestra-n; körülbelül délután négy órakor. Éppen a csordát zárta be a karámba, amikor megérkezett Che. Egy öszvéren ült, a társa pedig egy lovon. Che zöld egyenruhát és fekete sapkát viselt.

Miután üdvözölte a lányt, megkérdezte, vajon ott lakik-e El Cabo. Ez volt Zoila apjának beceneve. Amikor a lány elmondta, hogy egy ideje nem látta az apját, Che felkiáltott: "Milyen kellemetlen!" Amikor Zoila megkérdezte, mi a probléma, Che elmondta, hogy azért kereste az apját, hogy megpatkolja az öszvérét. A lány elmagyarázta neki, hogy nincs gond, mert ő maga is meg tudja patkolni az állatot, mivel az apja megtanította, hogyan kell csinálni.

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My friend, Aiya sent me a link to an article that talks about Zoila Rodríguez García.
She was a young Cuban girl living in the Sierra Maestra during the Cuban Revolutionary War and the authors call her Che's girlfriend. (In the original Spanish text she is called "novia" that can mean both "girlfriend" and "bride" - this is the cause of confusion when some people call her Che's bride - while he was actually married with Hilda, his first wife, at that time.)
I translated the article as well as possible and today I am going to share it with you. Here it is:

She was 18 years old when she first met Che, in las Vegas de Jibacoa, in the Sierra Maestra; at about 4 o' clock in the afternoon. She was looking after the cattle when he arrived. He was riding a mule, while another compañero was riding a horse. He was wearing green clothes and a black cap.

After greeting the girl, Che asked if El Cabo lived there. It was the nickname of her father. When she said that she hadn't met him for a while, Che exclaimed: "What a nuisance!" When she asked what the problem was, Che said that he was looking for him to shoe his mule. She explained to him that there would be no problem because she could shoe the mule as her father had taught her how to do it.

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Az egyszerűsítés kedvéért történt néhány aprócska változás a honlapon - hogy a menü rövidebb és átláthatóbb legyen, összevontam néhány menüpontot:

~ Az Idézetek, Beszédek és PDF-fájlok egyetlen modulban találhatóak: [Idézetek és beszédek]

~ A Diarios de motocicleta és a Che című filmek szintén egyetlen modulba kerültek: [Che és Hollywood]

~ A Miért Che? és a Gyűjteményem közös modult kapott: [Aleida]
 

For the sake of simplification a few tiny changes have been made on the website - in order to make the menu shorter and clearer, I put some modules into one:

~ Quotes, Speeches and PDF-files became: [Quotes and speeches]

~ The films, Diarios de motocicleta and Che became: [Che and Hollywood]

~ Why Che? and My collection became: [Aleida]
 

Mára egy kis olvasnivalót hoztam a spanyolul tudóknak: Che Guevara négy írását töltöttem fel, eredeti nyelven:

~ Patria o Muerte (1964. december 11-én az Egyesült Nemzetek közgyűlésén elmondott legendás beszéde) [letöltöm / elolvasom]

~ La Batalla de Santa Clara (beszámoló a Santa Clara-i csatáról) [letöltöm / elolvasom]

~ Guerra de Guerrillas, un método (Gerillaháború, egy módszer) [letöltöm / elolvasom]

~ Consejos al combatiente (Tanácsok harcosoknak) [letöltöm / elolvasom]
 

For today, I have brought a little reading for those who know Spanish: I have uploaded Che Guevara's four speeches/writings in the original Spanish version:

~ Patria o Muerte (Che's legendary speech, made at the UN Assembly on 11 December 1964) [download / read]

~ La Batalla de Santa Clara (a report about the battle of Santa Clara) [download / read]

~ Guerra de Guerrillas, un método (Guerrilla Warfare, a method) [download / read]

~ Consejos al combatiente (Advices to combatants) [download / read]
 

In January 1962 Guevara told colleagues in Cuba's Ministry of Industries (MININD): 'In no way am I saying that financial autonomy of the enterprise with moral incentives, as it is established in the socialist countries, is a formula which will impede progress to socialism'.[1] He was referring to the economic management system applied in the Soviet bloc, known in Cuba as the Auto-Financing System (AFS). By 1966, in his critique of the Soviet Manual of Political Economy, he concluded that the USSR: 'is returning to capitalism.'[2] This paper will demonstrate that Guevara's analysis developed in the period between these two statements as a result of three lines of enquiry: the study of Marx's analysis of the capitalist system, engagement in socialist political economy debates and recourse to the technological advances of capitalist corporations.[3] At the same time Guevara was engaged in the practical experience of developing the Budgetary Finance System (BFS); an alternative apparatus for economic management in MININD.

Guevara was head of the Department of Industrialisation and President of the National Bank in 1960 when all financial institutions and 84% of industry in Cuba were nationalised. His BFS emerged as a practical solution to problems thrown up by the transition from private to state ownership of industrial production. Cuba had an unbalanced, trade dependent economy dominated by foreign interests, principally from the United States. The production units which passed under the Department's jurisdiction ranged from artisan workshops to sophisticated energy plants. Many faced bankruptcy while others were highly profitable. Guevara's solution was twofold: first, to group entities of similar lines of production into centralised administrative bodies called Consolidated Enterprises. This allowed the Department to control the allocation of scarce administrative and technical personnel following the exodus of 65-75% of managers, technicians and engineers after 1959; and second, to centralise the finances of all production units into one bank account for the payment of salaries, to control investment and sustain production in essential industries which lacked financial resources. With the establishment of MININD in February 1961, the BFS evolved into a comprehensive apparatus which embedded these organisational structures in a Marxist theoretical framework, to foster Cuba's industrialisation, increase productivity and institutionalise collective management.

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Huber Matos Benitez, who helped lead the Cuban Revolution as one of Fidel Castro's key lieutenants before his efforts to resign from the burgeoning communist government landed him in prison for 20 years, has died. He was 95.

Matos died Thursday at a Miami area hospital following a massive heart attack two days before, his grandson Huber Matos Garsault told The Associated Press. He was to be buried in Costa Rica after a memorial service set for Sunday, his family said.

Matos was a 34-year-old rice farmer and teacher — and an opponent of Cuban dictator Gen. Fulgencio Batista — when Castro led a failed uprising in 1953. An inspired Matos later joined Castro and served as a commander in the Sierra Maestra mountains. The two clashed on occasion, but Matos claimed that at one point Castro named him third in line for leadership after Castro's brother Raul. The Argentinean Ernesto "Che" Guevara was fifth, Matos maintained.

In a May 2009 interview with the AP at his home in Miami, Matos said he joined the revolution hoping to restore democracy to his country, which the island experienced only briefly before Batista led a coup in 1952. Matos, who had been a professor of education, first traveled to Costa Rica to obtain weapons and ammunition for delivery to Castro's forces before eventually joining the rebels in the mountains. He was captured in 1957 by Batista forces but was able to escape, according to his family.

The revolution overthrew Batista on New Year's Day 1959, and Matos rolled into Havana at Castro's side. But within months a disillusioned Matos wanted out of the new government, fearing the Castros and Guevara were steering the country toward communism, and that Fidel Castro had no intention of holding free elections as he had promised.

"There was another agenda," Matos told the AP in 2009. "Fidel said one thing for the public, and the steps he took were another story."

He said his message to Castro was: "If you intend to stay in power, don't count on me."

When he first tried to resign, Castro wouldn't let him. In October 1959, Matos was arrested and convicted of treason. He was told he would face the firing squad but believes he was sent to prison instead because Castro feared he would become a martyr. In his book, "How Night Fell," Matos described being tortured and kept for years in isolation. He was released in October 1979 and was reunited with his wife and four grown children. He initially lived in Caracas, where he founded the group Independent and Democratic Cuba, and later moved to Miami.

"The revolution didn't have to become a catastrophe," Matos said. "If (Castro) would have brought reforms within the democratic framework, Cuba would have been a great country."

Matos lauded his wife for her bravery during the years he spent behind bars, noting how she raised their four children, working as a seamstress while keeping his case alive in the international human rights community.

In Miami, Matos led the Independent and Democratic Cuba group, one of many anti-Castro organizations that sprung up over the years. He was regarded with suspicion by some of the Miami exile community's most powerful members because of his early opposition to Batista and his support for dissidents inside Cuba. Still, Matos remained an outspoken critic of Castro. Fearing assassination attempts, he often kept a pistol in a leather holster tucked into his waistband.

In May 2009, at the age of 90, he traveled to Honduras to protest a proposal to reinstate Cuba as a member of the Organization of American States.

"I'm one of those who's convinced that there will be a change in Cuba in a time not very far in the future; that's inevitable. The system failed completely. It not only failed completely, but among the young generations there's an eagerness for change that's unstoppable," he said.

Matos told the AP he had no illusions of returning to Cuba as a political leader.

But he hoped to provide guidance for the island's future leaders.

"I consider myself a Cuban who can still be useful to my country," he said.

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