Érdekes cikk jelent meg tegnapelőtt egy kanadai híroldalon.

CHE ÉS A CSOKIGYÁR - ez a cikk címe és a szerző röviden leírja a kubai Baracoa-ba tett kirándulását, ami az ország legrégibb és egyik legeldugottabb városa. Egészen az 1960-as évekig elzárva maradt a külvilágtól, akkor azonban a forradalmi kormány a gondjaiba vette, széles betonutat épített ki felé a dzsungelen keresztül, majd egyéb fejlesztésekbe fogott.
Elhelyezkedése ellenére történelmi jelentőséggel bír, egy ideig a főváros szerepét is betöltötte, és híres a csokoládéja. A gyárat maga Guevara, mint iparügyi miniszter, alapította 1963. áprilisában, hogy fellendítse a helyi gazdasági életet.
A bejáratot a fenti képen látható - ebben a gyárban készül Kuba legfinomabb csokoládéja, (ezt a cikk írója is megerősítette), ami luxuscikknek számít, így csak a legdrágább üzletekben kapható, ahol legfeljebb a külföldiek és a gazdag kubaiak tudják megvásárolni. A helyben termelt, alapanyagának számító kakaóbab legnagyobb részét Svájcba exportálják.

Olvasd el a teljes cikket itt (angolul): Forrás 
 

Számítógépes játékban elevenedik meg a kubai forradalom

Szó szerint forradalmian új videojátékot dobtak piacra kubai programozók. A játéknak köszönhetően újra levívhatók az ötvenes évek kubai felkelésének összecsapásai. Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Fidel Castro, a zöldingesek, és Fulgencio Batista katonái mind-mind megelevenednek a képernyőkön – méghozzá három dimenzióban.
- A számítógépes játékok fontos részét képezik a mai fiatalok életének, ezt használjuk ki: egyszerre szórakoztatjuk és tanítjuk történelemre őket – mondta az egyik kifejlesztő, Jorge Luis Rosell. A játék 1956-tal kezdődik, amikor Castro és 80 társa Kubánál, a Playa Las Coloradason partra szálltak.
- Nagyon tetszik, az egész, amiről az a háború szólt. És a játék nagyon életszerű – mondta egy diák, miután kipróbálta. – És mit tanultál belőle? – Azt, hogy a kubaiak mindig számíthattak egymásra.
A játék öt szintből áll, amelyeket az 1956 és 1959 között vívott gerillaharcok helyszíneiről neveztek el. A fegyverek, a járművek, az egyenruhák mind-mind hűen tükrözik a kubai forradalom korát.

Forrás
 

Castro rebel video game is huge hit in Cuba

It is a revolutionary video game in the real sense of the word. As the industry gears up for the Christmas market, gamers in Havana are already hooked on a homegrown production. They are reliving the rebel exploits of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara with “Gesta Final”, a very modern take on Cuba’s past. “Games play an important role for the youth of today,” said Jorge Luis Rosell, the developer behind the hit venture.“And now we can take advantage of this so that they can have fun and learn about our history.”
Roughly translated as “Final Feat”, the 3D game recreates the guerrilla war that saw Castro’s forces overthrow the military regime of President Fulgeneio Batista in 1959. Players can throw Molotov cocktails and gun down rival government troops, against a backdrop of forests, swamps and mountain trails.
“I like the meaning this war has,” said one young player, student Alejandro Tamayo. “It is very beautiful. It is like a story, almost like what happened here in Cuba.”
Asked what he has learned, another student, Dario Torres, said: “That Cubans always, how do you say, always looked out for each other.”
The state-run Youth Computing Club has embraced the game since its release a few months ago. It is unlikely it would be quite so popular with exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba.

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Today I have brought you an interesting article that contains a kind of opinion about Che Guevara from an objective point of view. (If you click on the link of the original source, you can also check out some amazing photos.)
 

An open letter to Che Guevara

Dear Che,
I thought you might like to know that I visited your old house today. The one you grew up in near Cordoba in Argentina. They’ve turned it into a museum, you know. Old photos of your family, your childhood, the adolescence you spent growing and nurturing that seething anger, and the many later years you spent focusing that anger to try to change the world. To be honest, though, it left me a bit confused about the man you became and the legacy you have left. You’ve been worshipped and reviled by so many people. Perhaps that’s because there was an inherent contradiction in much that you did – killing to stop the killing, for instance. Taking control of governments to bring down government control. That’s why I was confused. It made me wonder what you would think of the man the little boy from this house turned into, what you would make of the legend of Che.

There was something quite inspirational about the young Che, back when adventures were about exploration and not revolution. I saw the photos of you and your friends on rafts and bikes, going on journeys for the sake of discovery. I can even relate to the idea that any discovery also brings with it an element of self-discovery. People travel the world and see poverty, injustice, and corruption. Some people are upset and vow to try to help. You saw this and you vowed to change it all.

What happened, though, to the young man who wanted a better life for everyone? Where did the pursuit of that shared happiness get so confused that the country today that is used as an example of poverty, injustice and corruption is Cuba, the same country you helped make? Would you look at Cuba – or Venezuela – or many others in this part of the world – and be proud of how these countries treat their people? Were the ideals you held right and the implementation of them mismanaged? Were you too naïve to think the world could actually be a better place? Or were you just plain wrong?

I’m not sure if anyone has told you, Che, but you’re a bit of a pop culture icon these days. There’s a picture of your face that has become one of the most recognisable images in the world. It’s used in the name of revolution, in the fight for change, in the renunciation of inequality. It’s used by the true fighters for freedom and it’s used by those who pay lip service to the cause. Your face adorns the t-shirts of the wealthy and the middle class, those who have never known suffering, who like to think a piece of clothing can connect them with the struggle. They travel the world, talking of the wrongs and how to make them right but with no real intention to play in part in that change. At first I thought you might be offended by your reputation being used like this. Then I realised that in some ways they were just like you once. You were from a well-off middle-class family – I saw the photos at your house. You travelled the world and talked. You read books, you spoke to people, you broadened your horizons. The similarities are there… and then you changed. You actually took the action you talked about.

I guess people have an admiration for someone who fights for what he believes. Surely much of the respect for your legend comes from the sacrifices you made to follow that conviction. There was a selflessness to the crusade to improve the lives of others, even at a cost to your own. You had a family you barely saw, you lived in awful conditions on battlefields around the world, and you eventually took a bullet for your cause.

The motivation of your actions is one thing, though. The consequences are another. You helped install leaders who would become dictators, you played a part in bringing the world to the edge of a nuclear holocaust, and you fought against the very principles that much of the human population now believes are the right ones.

That little boy with a sense of exploration ended up taking his continent on more of a journey than it ever took him on. And so, I ask again, what would you think of Che today?

Michael

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Elkészült Che Guevara életrajzának utolsó fejezete.
Megírtam az utolsó két napjáról szóló részeket és pontosítottam néhány részletet Jon Lee Anderson monumentális könyvének segítségével.
Az alábbi linkeken elolvashatjátok: 

~ 1967. október 8.
~ 1967. október 9.
 

The biography of Che Guevara have been completed.
I have written the last two chapters about his last two days and I enclosed some useful datas from the monumental biography written by Jon Lee Anderson.
Az alábbi linkeken elolvashatjátok:

~ 8th October 1967
~ 9th October 1967
 

Újabb fejezetet készítettem el Che Guevara életrajzából - ma az 1966 és 1967 között lezajlott eseményekről, majd a tragikus kimenetelű bolíviai hadjáratról olvashattok.

Itt megismerkedhettek a teljes történettel: [1966-1967 A bolíviai kaland]

Hamarosan a végére érek a Lucia Alvarez de Toledo által írt remek életrajznak - utána újabb könyveket fogok elolvasni (köztük Che saját írásait) és azok alapján egészítem ki a Comandante élettörténetét.
 

I have written a new chapter in Che Guevara's biography - today you can read about the years of 1966 and 1967, the events and the tragic Bolivian campaign.

Here you can check it out: [1966-1967 Adventures in Bolivia]

Soon I am going to finish the amazing biography, written by Lucia Alvarez de Toledo - then I am going to read other biographies (and Che's own writings) so I can supplement the Comandante's story with new facts and events.