The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
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  • Better Translation, Great Book
  • Intriguing look into Che
  • Is Che Guevara a hero ?
  • Lads on the road
  • this translation leaves a lot unsaid
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
Ernesto Che Guevara , and Aleida Guevara
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ASIN: 1876175702

Book Description

These travel diaries capture the essence and exuberance of the young legend, Che Guevara. In January 1952, Che set out from Buenos Aires to explore South America on an ancient Norton motorcycle. He encounters an extraordinary range of people-from native Indians to copper miners, lepers and tourists-experiencing hardships and adventures that informed much of his later life.

This expanded, new edition from Ocean Press, published with exclusive access to the Che Guevara Archives held in Havana, includes a preface by Che's daughter, Aleida Guevara. It also features previously unpublished photos (taken by Che on his travels), as well as new, unpublished parts of the diaries, poems and letters.

"A Latin James Dean or Jack Kerouac."-Washington Post

"For every comic escapade of the carefree roustabout there is an equally eye-opening moment in the development of the future revolutionary leader. By the end of the journey, a politicized Che Guevara has emerged to predict his own revolutionary future."-Time

The publication of this new, expanded edition of The Motorcycle Diaries coincides with the release of Robert Redford's new film based on the Diaries. This film and another forthcoming from Steven Soderbergh in Fall 2003 will provoke even greater "Che-mania" and increase sales of all Ocean's titles on Che Guevara.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Better Translation, Great Book.......2007-05-15

I'm so pleased that you had this earlier English translation of The Motorcycle Diaries and that it arrived in time for my Spanish class presentation. I also read the newer edition that came out with the movie in 2004. Your book had a much better translation. Thanks for your help. Sometimes older books are better books.

4 out of 5 stars Intriguing look into Che.......2007-04-11

Seen the movie long before the book, but this book was very interesting to see how Che's thoughts began to form before he became only known as Che. Pictures in the centre were an added bonus. It's a quick read with concise notes (they are journal notes afterall), and it gave me a greater understanding and feeling of compassion for Ernesto Guevara - someone who I didn't know a lot about and in the USA you hear about how bad he is. Good thing I live in Canada, with an open mind.

3 out of 5 stars Is Che Guevara a hero ?.......2007-01-13

Brad Delong, Matthew Yglesias, Armed Liberals and others have been having a discussion about whether Che Guevara can be considered a hero. Here is the hero in his own words:

"During the night I had a bad case of the runs and, being ashamed to leave a souvenir in the pot under my bed, I climbed out on to the window ledge and gave up all of my pain to the night and blackness beyond. The next morning I looked out to see the effect and saw that two metres below lay a big sheet of tin where they were sun-drying their peaches; the added spectacle was impressive."

(From The Motorcycle Diaries)
Sorry, but I see nothing heroic in sticking one's arse out the window and letting drive onto a pile of fruit. I would never do that- but then, I'm not a communist.

I was recently in venezuela ... I wish the people well. But I sadly fear that there are going to be a lot of tears shed when all is said and done.

3 out of 5 stars Lads on the road.......2006-10-01

The text of the original motorcycle diaries gives a strong sense, much more than the movie, of the factors that influenced this artist/activist as young man. Idealistic, cheeky, sexually libidinous, political, strong minded. Che and his older companion set off on a wild journey across South America. The wretched poverty they witness across that continent - especially when he shares a blanket with a destitute beggar high up on the Andean Sierra - strikes home, as well as some of the aesthetic beauties of the wild and mystical land, such as the Inca ruins around Cuzco, Peru. Che's description of the stonework at the Sacsaywaman fortress rivals the greatest travel writings of Robert Byron, Bruce Chatwin or Patrick Leigh Fermor in its stylishness and accuracy of description.

In places the narrative drags though, obviously written at points of sheer exhaustion, or boredom, or lack of inspiration.

3 out of 5 stars this translation leaves a lot unsaid.......2006-07-13

i really enjoyed the motorcycle diaries. when the movie was in theatres i decided to read the book first so that i could understand the film better, but i chose to read it in the original spanish version. it was thought provoking prose. i was impressed that such insight came from the child of a wealthy argentinean family. when i read the translation in english i was a little disappointed. i did think that it was very good, but a little bit of the nuance is lost. if at all possible i suggest that you read it in the original spanish text, it is a little bit more inspiring.
Chavez, Venezuela And The New Latin America: An Interview With Hugo Chavez
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  • Have you been in Venezuela ?
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Chavez, Venezuela And The New Latin America: An Interview With Hugo Chavez
Aleida Guevara , and Hugo Chavez Frias
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ASIN: 1920888004

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Is President Chavez the new Fidel Castro? Is Venezuela the new Cuba? Elected by an overwhelming popular mandate in 1998, Hugo Chavez is now one of Latin America's most controversial political figures. In this exclusive interview, Chavez expresses a fiercely nationalist vision for Venezuela and a commitment to a united Latin America. He discusses the significance of the military coup against his government in April 2002, Venezuela's new democratic constitution and assesses his relations with the United States and Cuba.

"Soviet power has collapsed but that does not mean that neoliberal capitalism has to be the model followed by the peoples of the West… This world cannot be run by a universal police force that seeks to control everything." -President Hugo Chavez

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Have you been in Venezuela ?.......2007-07-08

I just completed a ten day travel on one of the richest yet poorest countries of the World. I am from Ecuador, wich is supposed to be a country with more poverty than Venezuela. But what I saw in Venezuela left me astonished, Slums an Povertty everywhere, Insecurty and violence are in every street. Venezuelans that believe in Chavez have lost touch with reality, they regurgitate Chavez ideology as if it where their own. They believe that one they day Chavez will bring dignity into their lives by providing a decent home and a decent job. After 8 years of government none or exeptionally very few have received Chaves promises,
Chavez only interest is not on the people but in all the power he can get to control Venezula. One big expample of how awfull and injuste is the "Revolucion Bolivariana". Is the Copa America that is being held in that country. Venezuela spent one billion dollars to build new stadiums with the only purpose to impress foreign media. How it is possible that a country will prefer its propaganda insted of its citizens. Venezuelans dont like soccer, and those huge stadiums will be used only once and will become forgotten beasts. Venezuela has become an awfull, extremely expensive and insecure place to visit.

5 out of 5 stars Informative, Crucial Reading On The Subject........2007-06-24

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has become quite a well-known figure in America if not the world. Most of the attention is due to his leftist politics and revolutionary movement, the Bolivarian Revolution, not to mention his close friendship with Cuba's Fidel Castro. But what we rarely get, as is the case with most controversial figures, is the man's words. In the U.S. most people have only seen the video of Chavez calling Bush "the Devil" over and over again. Here we get Chavez's actual ideas and personal accounts of his life and formation as a revolutionary leader. "Chavez: Venezuela & The New Latin America" is crucial reading for those who want to read the man's own words and learn about his life and vision. The interview on which the book is based was conducted by Aleida Guevara, daughter of legendary revolutionary Che Guevara, she dwelves deep into Chavez's background and current state not just as a political figure but as a father as well. Chavez discusses in candid detail his family, his close relationship with his daughters and his growing up poor with a loving grandmother. Some of the most fascinating passages deal with Chavez's years in the Venezuelan army where he witnesses brutal repression by the government of farmers and students considered "subversive." In brilliant detail Chavez describes the Bolivarian project and it's achievements in education, he also talks about the continuing fight against the oligarchy in his country and there riveting accounts of the infamous 2002 U.S.-backed coup in Venezuela which provoked a public outcry that brought Chavez back to power. The continuing relationship between Venezuela and Cuba is discussed with some interesting moments where Chavez reveals even health advice that Fidel Castro gives him. "Chavez" is worth reading to get the point of view from the man himelf, it flows smoothly humor, charm and always a driving need to inform.

5 out of 5 stars A Great Leader at the Right Time.......2006-06-10

While the U.S. has always been a Republic and a democracy on paper, it has never been either in practice. A major feature of the U.S. system is that its White citizens have been led to believe they live in a republic and a democracy while the nonwhite population is reminded in no uncertain terms, that they were never part of the original deal. The U.S. is actually run by a banking based oligarchy, which rules a population kept perpetually divided along racial, and or ideological lines. A divided population is easier to control, thus Americans are encouraged to remain divided, for this reason. Venezuela like most of the former 'slaveowning' nations of the Americas, has long been run by an oligarchy like that of the U.S. Since the systems are the same, the same racial and ideological divisions used to govern the U.S., have been used to govern Venezuela. In time the oligarchy based in the U.S. has come to dominate the entire hemisphere.

Enter Hugo Chavez: an man of non-white ancestry, who dares to challenge the centuries old system of oligarchical rule. Not only has he energized those traditionally at the bottom of the socio-economic and racial pecking order, he is uniting all Venezuelans in ways which transcend the old racial and ideological divisions. This is a great development for people interested in freeing themselves from the iron grip of the banker oligarchy. For those who serve them however, this is a dangerous development, hence the vitriolic diatribes against him in the U.S. and Venezuelan mainstream media. In this book Chavez speaks in his own words, and gives ample coverage of his mission to elevate those who've been oppressed and exploited by the oligarchy, into the full benefits of citizenship and self determination. The unsuccessful coup attempt against Chavez has good and bad aspects. A good aspect because the forces of oligarchial slavery were defeated. A bad aspect because the oligarchy is sure to resort to more diabolical measures in an attempt to crush the blossoming of real democracy Chavez has wrought.

5 out of 5 stars A threat to corporate tyranny.......2006-03-22

I was encouraged to buy this book by the hysterical shrieking of the negative reviews. The Castro-bashing is always amusing in the context of the United States' history of butchering the people of Latin America. Say what you want about Castro or Chavez, their administations are challenging neoliberal policies that have caused untold suffering throughout the world and are currently bringing corporatist class war machinations to the USA.
While these interviews with Chavez reveal what an interesting and articulate person he is, it's healthy to realize that Hugo is not a "hero" (as another reviewer asserted). The world doesn't need heroes, it needs the development of grassroots organizations and engaged people to figure out things for themselves. Fortunately, there are civic organizations like "Global Exchange" that take people to Venezuela to see some of the vision Chavez speaks of being put into action. Many people throughout Venezuela and beyond are thankful for that country's progressive efforts (including providing cheap oil to impoverished communities in the US), and resented the US-backed coup attempt. Venezuela's plutocracy was hoping to regain power, but an incredible show of popular support kept Chavez in office. There's actually a documentary that captured that event on film called "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." I don't believe it's on DVD yet, but you can learn more at www.chavezthefilm.com.
It's hard to say where Venezuela's social change efforts will lead. A great deal of the future success or failure depends on what actions are taken by the warlords of Imperial America, who no doubt already have Special Ops forces, CIA agents, and "Economic Hit Men" skulking all around Caracas. Venezuela's future also will be affected by the citizens of the US and other nations, and whether or not they choose to act in solidarity. This book and groups like Global Exchange will provide concerned people with the sort of insight and opportunities they need to contribute to democratic change in Venezuela and the United States.

"There is at the head of this great continent a very powerful country, very rich, very war-like, and capable of anything. The United States seems destined to plague and torment the continent in the name of freedom."
-Simon Bolivar (1783-1830)

1 out of 5 stars Beware of Lies!!!.......2005-12-29

If you believe anything Chavez says you might as well take a look at how the country is doing. Venzuela is one of the richest countries in the world and makes tons of money from oil exports, yet, about 90% of the country is in poverty. Several millions (of only 23) are unemployed. Over 150 people die every weekend due to unorganized crime and roberies and the senate is debating a law which states that if you steal because you need the goods to feed your family, it is legal. These are only a few of the facts that you surely don't see in Chavez's book.
I suggest that if you really think Chavez is doing well because you believed every lie he says in this book, you do some research on the situation of people in Venezuela. It is nice to say he brought 50 or 100 Cuban doctors and went into 5 slums to teach kids, but where do the billions of dollars of oil exports go, because they surely do not go to the people.
I suggest some background research before reading this book and if you want to read a true story, don't even buy it.
The African Dream: The diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
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  • Che in the Congo
The African Dream: The diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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ASIN: 0802138349

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara was one of the greatest exemplars of the revolutionary 1960s, a man whose heroic adventures were essential to the success of the Cuban Revolution and whose legend fired the imaginations of a whole generation. In 1965, amid worldwide conjecture, Guevara left Cuba, where he was a minister in Fidel Castro's postrevolutionary government, and traveled incognito to the heart of Africa. People's hero Patrice Lumumba had recently been assassinated, and Guevara was to put his theories of guerrilla warfare to use helping the oppressed people of the Congo throw off the yoke of colonial imperialism. The first task was to assist the young Laurent Kabila in his struggle against Mobutu and Tshombe, the two key figures in the newly independent nation. For the first time, The African Dream collects Guevara's unabridged journals of the expedition. They are the record of the bitter failure of a political and ideological dream, and a telling complement to the subsequent rise of Kabila and his recent demise. Most of all, the diaries afford the reader a very personal insight into the thoughts and emotions of Che Guevara, the twentieth century's great revolutionary martyr.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Entertaining.......2005-12-08

While it might not have been intended as such this is actually a pretty funny read. 'Che' may have been motivated by high ideals but in his diaries he documents the nitty gritty of daily life and the trials of trying to whip a revolutionary army into shape. Frequently beset by attacks of 'the runs' (many times a day) and having to deal with Congolese soldiers who wanted nothing more than to run away from the first sign of trouble unless they had consumed their magic drink that made them impervious to bullets, the campaign seems to have been doomed from the start. If you want to get a different view of the reality of revolution from that presented in manifestos this strikingly honest diary seems like a great place to start.

5 out of 5 stars Che in the Congo.......2005-08-15

The African Dream is a great book for people interested to learn what happened during the first of Che's 2 "lost years." In April, 1965, Che left Cuba, not to be seen again until his murder in Bolivia in October of 1967. Che first tried to bring about revolution in the Congo, which was undergoing the beginning of the Apartheid government that was to take the lives of millions of innocent Africans in the coming years. In Che's own words, you will gain massive insight into what went on during that nearly year long struggle for freedom and justice.
Chavez, Un Hombre Que Anda Por Ahi: Una Entrevista Con Hugo Chavez (Ocean Sur)
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    ASIN: 1920888225

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    In this extraordinary encounter with Che Guevara's daughter Aleida, Chavez explains his fiercely nationalist vision for Venezuela and a united Latin America, Venezuela's new democratic constitution, and his country's relations with the United States and Cuba.

    Included is an exclusive interview with General Carneiro, head of the Venezuelan armed forces, who played a key role in encouraging the popular resistance that thwarted the 2002 coup.

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    ReMembering the Body: Body and Movement in the 20th
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      Aleida Assman , Jan Assman , Gabriele Brandstetter , Friedrich Kittler , Andre Lepecki , and C. Nadia Seremetakis
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      Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War: Authorized Edition (Che Guevara Publishing Project)
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      ASIN: 1920888330

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      "Reflects the life of an extraordinary and important man."-Library Journal

      "When Che Guevara cast his lot with Marxism and revolution the world of letters suffered an incalculable loss. Guevara is a brilliant, thoughtful writer. He is lucid, candid and revealing."-The Cleveland Press

      The dramatic art and acute perceptiveness evident in Che Guevara's early diaries fully blossom in this highly readable and often entertaining account of the guerrilla war that led to the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Reminiscences is one of the two books for Steven Soderbergh's biopic (along with The Bolivian Diary).

      Feature chapters describe Che's first meeting with Fidel in Mexico, the mythical moment when Che had to choose between a knapsack of medicine and another of ammunition, and the anguished story of the murdered puppy.

      This new, thoroughly revised edition includes for the first time corrections made to the diary by Che himself and a preface by his daughter Aleida about how her parents met in the midst of the revolutionary war.

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Enlightening.......2006-06-04

      Che goes through memories of the Revolutionary War in Cuba. His writing style is engaging and interesting.

      5 out of 5 stars An amazing story.......2004-01-18

      This book is great for getting a bird's eye of the Cuban Revolution from an individual perspective. Guevara is meticulous in his notation of events and people. This is not the book to read if you are looking for a general study of the Revolution. Guevara does speak of Castro and Cienfuegos among others but this is Guevara's story. What most impressed me was his honesty about his men, his mistakes, and the conditions under which the Revolution occured. The bugs, the heat, the lack of food, the support from the residents of the Sierra Maestro are so well described that you truly get a sense of what the experience must have been like. Don't pass this book up.

      4 out of 5 stars Compelling and instructive.......1999-07-29

      This collection of memories conveys the excitement, zeal, possibilities, problems and limitations of Guevara's "guerilla warfare" strategy as it was practiced in the Sierra Maestra. At times, one can almost hear Guevara wheezing as he traverses the rugged terrain. It is, in general, light on ideological substance and heavy on battlefield drama. A classic nonetheless...

      5 out of 5 stars The Revolution through Che's eyes.......1998-10-16

      This first hand account of the Cuban Revolution through the eyes of Che give the reader the feeling and emotion that Che felt as he wrote these words. We can see and feel the emotion from his words and can see how complex he was. At times he was cruel and hard driving, at others, compassionate and unsure. Good reading for anyone interested in Che
      Aleida: A Woman for the New Millennium
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      • A REAL DAME
      Aleida: A Woman for the New Millennium
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      Aleida can be a sarcastic, shy, mischievous, cold, cynical, slender, and above all, unpredictable woman. On getting acquainted with her implacable speech, men either escape or fall for her, while women reassert what they already know and have fun laughing at themselves.

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      5 out of 5 stars A REAL DAME.......2007-01-27

      THIS MOUTHLESS WOMAN UTTERS A "MOUTHFUL"
      A MUST FOR ALL WOMEN...AND THEIR MEN TO READ.
      WHAT FUN!
      Aleida
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        Aleida can be a sarcastic, shy, mischievous, cold, cynical, slender, and above all, unpredictable woman. On getting acquainted with her implacable speech, men either escape or fall for her, while women reassert what they already know and have fun laughing at themselves.
        Pasajes De La Guerra Revolucionaria: Edicion Autorizada (Che Guevara Publishing Project)
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          Pasajes De La Guerra Revolucionaria: Edicion Autorizada (Che Guevara Publishing Project)
          Ernesto Guevara , and Aleida Guevara
          Manufacturer: Ocean Press (AU)
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          Binding: Paperback

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          ASIN: 1920888365

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          Che Guevara's classic account of the 1956-58 guerrilla movement against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba. Here, the dramatic art and acute perceptiveness evident in Che Guevara's early diaries fully blossom in this highly readable and often entertaining account of the guerrilla war that led to the 1959 Cuban Revolution. One of two books of Steven Soderbergh's new biopic on Che.

          Pasajes De La Guerra Revolucionaria Congo: Authorized Edition (Che Guevara Publishing Project)
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            Pasajes De La Guerra Revolucionaria Congo: Authorized Edition (Che Guevara Publishing Project)
            Ernesto Guevara , and Aleida Guevara
            Manufacturer: Ocean Press (AU)
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback

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            ASIN: 1920888799

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            "Guevara launches into a brutally honest account of Cuba's disastrous 1965 intervention in Congo. . . . Most of all, the diaries afford the reader a very personal insight into the thoughts and emotions of Che Guevara, the twentieth century's great revolutionary martyr."- Publishers Weekly

            In 1965, Che Guevara left Cuba to lead a secret Cuban mission to aid the African liberation movements. Unpublished for decades, this diary reflects Che's characteristic insight, humor, and candor.

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