The most popular attack on Che Guevara is that he was a cold-blooded murderer.

Let’s be honest. Yes, he killed people – he killed enemy soldiers when he was fighting in Cuba, in the Congo and in Bolivia. He killed deserters and traitors to the revolution. He killed murderers and rapists who committed their crimes against the Cuban peasants during the Revolutionary War. After the Revolution, he gave death penalty to all those people who committed crimes against civilians during the Batista regime.

Just one remark: at war soldiers kill soldiers – in every country. If a soldier kills an enemy soldier, he is considered a hero. Why is it only Che Guevara who has been called a bloody murderer while he did just the same thing that every soldier does?

Che believed in the necessity of violent fight during the revolutionary struggle (after witnessing how the US-backed force brutally overthrew the democratically elected government in Guatemala) – but he never killed people for fun. He shot enemy soldiers during the fights but he also gave the injured ones first aid and medical help. When he knew that there were civilians around, he did his best to keep them away from the battlefield.

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Büszkén jelentem be, hogy majdnem minden cikk elkészült a Vádak és cáfolatok című modulban:

1. Vád: Che Guevara rasszista volt. [Cikk]

2. Vád: Che Guevara gyűlölte és diszkriminálta a homoszexuális embereket, és koncentrációs táborba zárta őket. [Cikk]

3. Vád: Che Guevara tömeggyilkos volt. [Cikk]

4. Vád: Miniszterként Che Guevara csak csődbe vitte Kubát. [Cikk]

5. Vád: Che Guevara nagy lakomákat csapott és luxuskörülmények között élt. [Cikk]

6. Vád: Che Guevara fizetett a santa clara-i kisiklatott vonatért. [Cikk]

7. Vád: Che Guevara rossz férj és nőcsábász volt. [Cikk]

8. Che kutatásának problémája [Cikk]

Ha lenne még ötleted egy új cikkhez, írd meg a témát a Mit szólsz hozzá? mondatra kattintva. 
 

Very proudly, I can announce that almost every article for the module Charges and refutations has been written:

1. Charge: Che Guevara was a racist. [Article]

2. Charge: Che Guevara hated and discriminated homosexual people, and he put them into concentration camps. [Article]

3. Charge: Che Guevara was a mass murderer. [Article]

4. Charge: As minister, Che Guevara did nothing but disaster. [Article]

5. Charge: Che Guevara enjoyed big feasts and luxury. [Article]

6. Charge: Che Guevara paid for the train in Santa Clara. [Article]

7. Charge: Che Guevara was a bad husband and a womanizer. [Article]

8. The problem when exploring Che [Article]

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Vád: Che Guevara rossz férj volt és nőcsábász.

A cikkem egyenlőre csak angolul olvasható - lásd a linket lentebb - azonban készül a magyar fordítása is.

Vád: Che Guevara rossz férj és nőcsábász volt.

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Che kutatásának problémája

Nem könnyű feladat megismerni Che Guevara-t és a tetteit.
Még több, mint negyven évvel a halála után is még mindig gyakran említik, dicsérik, vádolják és kritizálják beszélgetésekben, cikkekben, filmekben és televíziós programokban.
A kubai média és Che hűséges csodálói régóta egy tökéletes, hibátlan szuperhőst festenek le, miközben eltitkolják a hibáit és a természetének kevésbé népszerű vonásait (mint például a kíméletlen dühkitöréseit, amikor mérges vagy türelmetlen volt). Eközben az észak-amerikai média, a kubai menekültek és Che dühös ellenségei úgy mutatják be őt, mintha ő lenne maga az ördög.
Ha magad akarod felfedezni Che-t, nehéz feladat áll előtted.

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The problem when exploring Che

It is not an easy task to get to know Che Guevara and his actions.
Even more than forty years after his death, he is still often mentioned, praised, blamed and criticised in conversations, articles, films or television programmes.
The Cuban media and his faithful admirers have been painting the portrait of a perfect, faultless superhero, while hiding his mistakes and the less popular side of his character (like his rage and his rude outbursts when he was angry and impatient). Meanwhile the (North) American media, the Cuban exiles and his angry enemies introduce him as the Devil himself.
If you want to explore Che by yourself, then you are going to face a difficult task.

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Ma két, általam írt cikket olvashattok: az egyik a már néhány nappal ezelőtt megígért cáfolat Che Guevara "luxuséletéről" és súlygyarapodásáról szól, a másik pedig egy szintén nagy port kavart állítást mutat be, miszerint Che Guevara nem harc, hanem egy borsos pénzösszeg árán szerezte meg a Santa Clara-ban kisiklatott vonatot.
A címek önmagukért beszélnek.

Vád: Che Guevara nagy lakomákat csapott és luxuskörülmények között élt. [Cikk]

Vád: Che Guevara fizetett a santa clara-i kisiklatott vonatért. [Cikk]
 

During the Cuban Revolutionary War the most important battle was the Battle of Santa Clara and the most decisive moment was when Che Guevara and his combatants used a bulldozer to derail an armoured train that was carrying a huge load of provisions and ammunition for Batista’s army, and 373 armed soldiers.
Three of the twenty-two cars fell off the track and overturned, the others were attacked by Molotov-cocktails and gunfire. Soon the soldiers inside couldn't tolerate the heat and the attacks anymore and they surrendered themselves to Che.
The rebels seized the weapons and the ammunition - twelve hours later, after Batista heard the news, he left Cuba forever.

However, there are some people who claim that things did not happen the way as it has been told so far.

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