“Brothers in blood and comrades in thought”

 “Brothers in blood and comrades in thought”

Juan Martín Guevara speaks about his brother “Che”

On October 8, 1967, Ernesto “Che” Guevara was captured in the Bolivian mountains and taken to the schoolhouse in La Higuera where he was gunned down on October 9, exactly 55 years ago.

In an interview with CLACSO.tv, Juan Martín Guevara , 15 years younger, spoke about his brother Ernesto in his lesser-known facet of the intimacy of the home, becoming the "Che" of the Cuban Revolution of January 1, 1959, about the last letters to his mother before leaving for Bolivia and how his image endures through time.




Che with his mother Celia de la Serna and his father Ernesto Guevara Lynch, Havana, Cuba, 1959

Juan Martín and Ernesto with their father

Juan Martín, Ernesto and Roberto with their mother Celia in Punta del Este, 1961

Che's embrace with his mother, Havana, Cuba, 1959

Interviewed by Gustavo Lema
Audiovisual production: Guido Fontán
Production: Eric Domergue

Recorded at the CLACSO Executive Secretariat in Buenos Aires


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