Revolution and the End in Bolivia
What was certain was that Che could not stay in Cuba as rifts were growing between the two. Fidel insisted that Che needed to find somewhere else to go. What is uncertain is exactly who determined Che should go to Bolivia, whether it was actually him or if Fidel had arranged for it. Regardless, it would be his last revolutionary effort. Che put his pieces into place, hoping that the rebellions would spread throughout South America, specifically Argentina. The entire experience felt far larger than his exit to the Cogno, it was the beginning of the liberation of all of South America in his eyes.
Che took a disguise, seen in the picture to the right, and left for Bolivia. However, things started off poorly. Che left Cuba on October 23, 1966 expecting some sort of guerrilla infrastructure. But there was none. Che's arrival in Bolivia turned out to be very uncoordinated. Regardless, Che began his revolution by going to the roots of his guerrilla warfare strategies by digging into caves and forests. Things quickly began going downhill for Che. After he was abandoned by the Bolivarian Communist Party, he had nearly no urban infrastructure left. What little he did was infiltrated by the CIA. Still believing a revolution could be created, Che decided to take his small unit of less than 50 men on an exploratory march starting on February 1st that was supposed to last twenty five days. By the end of the journey, moral was low and there was a mood of defeat. In ensuing battles, Che was typically outmatched by better provisioned troops with stronger counterinsurgency strategies than Batista had in Cuba. Nothing was the same as Cuba. Local support was not as strong, government armies were better trained. American support and CIA intrusion was too strong for Guevara. On October 8th, 1967, Che was captured by a group of Bolivian Army rangers. The next day, he was executed.
image: (Anderson 664)
info: (Dosal 247-302)
Che took a disguise, seen in the picture to the right, and left for Bolivia. However, things started off poorly. Che left Cuba on October 23, 1966 expecting some sort of guerrilla infrastructure. But there was none. Che's arrival in Bolivia turned out to be very uncoordinated. Regardless, Che began his revolution by going to the roots of his guerrilla warfare strategies by digging into caves and forests. Things quickly began going downhill for Che. After he was abandoned by the Bolivarian Communist Party, he had nearly no urban infrastructure left. What little he did was infiltrated by the CIA. Still believing a revolution could be created, Che decided to take his small unit of less than 50 men on an exploratory march starting on February 1st that was supposed to last twenty five days. By the end of the journey, moral was low and there was a mood of defeat. In ensuing battles, Che was typically outmatched by better provisioned troops with stronger counterinsurgency strategies than Batista had in Cuba. Nothing was the same as Cuba. Local support was not as strong, government armies were better trained. American support and CIA intrusion was too strong for Guevara. On October 8th, 1967, Che was captured by a group of Bolivian Army rangers. The next day, he was executed.
image: (Anderson 664)
info: (Dosal 247-302)