Posts Tagged ‘revolution’
On New Year’s Day, 1959 Fidel Castro and his band of Revolutionary Directorate rebels defeated General Fulgencio Batista’s forces and led his country towards a revolution. Few thought it would hold, but here we are some 50 years later, and Castro’s revolutionary ideal for Cuba is still going, if not strong, along.
While the rest of the world was congratulating each other on the New Year, Fidel was congratulating his countrymen on the longevity of his ideals:
“Upon the 50th anniversary of the triumph, I congratulate our heroic countrymen,” said Castro, 82, in a brief note dated Wednesday afternoon and published in on the cover of Granma, the Communist party’s newspaper.
Lacking a non-generic comment from Fidel or anything of substance from Raul on the future of the revolution, we turn to Mariela, Raul’s daughter, the most outspoken member of the family. Check out what she has to say in the video after the jump.
Another Che film
10:05 am By Maegan La Mala · Movies · 15 Comments
23 Nov 2005
From rock concerts, to soccer games, to college dorm rooms, Che Guevara’s image can be found everywhere and is one of the most recognizable icons in the world.
The revolutionary’s image has been co-opted lately though. From Mike Tyson and Diego Maradona sporting tattoos of him to the rapper Jay-Z wearing t-shirts and saying things like “I’m Che with bling on.” Absurd I say. Che must be rolling in his grave.
To make matters worse, Hollywood is taking another shot at the life of Che (I must admit, the Motorcycle Diaries was a great film) with Benecio del Toro playing the part of the Argentine revolutionary. I’m still not quite sure if another Che movie is a good thing. Will this spread “the revolution” or simply water it down? At least the actor that will play Che in this new film is doing his homework.
Benecio del Toro visited Argentina to learn more of the life of the guerrilla leader “Che” Guevara and meet with Carlos “Calica” Ferrer, a childhood friend of Che.
Via / La Opinión
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