Supporters of this coin are on record. How anyone could support this murdering loser is beyond imagination. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
The one genuine accomplishment in Che Guevara’s life was the mass-murder of defenseless men and boys. Under his own gun dozens died. Under his orders thousands crumpled. At everything else Che Guevara failed abysmally, even comically.Read more here:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/16/3693495/che-guevaraa-image-doesnt-fit.html#storylink=cpy
The article's comments paint a different picture entirely.
The comments also point to recorded facts which the author of article does not.Here are some of the comments that actually cite facts rather than conjecture.:
"According to the Cuban Ministry of Justice, this latter extension was supported by the majority of the population, and followed the same procedure as those in the Nuremberg Trials held by the Allies after World War II.[102]"
"The tribunals were conducted by 2–3 army officers, an assessor, and a respected local citizen.[105] On some occasions the penalty delivered by the tribunal was death by firing squad.[106] Raúl Gómez Treto, senior legal advisor to the Cuban Ministry of Justice, has argued that the death penalty was justified in order to prevent citizens themselves from taking justice into their own hands, as happened twenty years earlier in the anti-Machado rebellion.[107] Biographers note that in January 1959, the Cuban public was in a "lynching mood",[108] and point to a survey at the time showing
93% public approval for the tribunal process.[12] Moreover, a January 22, 1959, Universal Newsreel broadcast in the US and narrated by Ed Herlihy, featured Fidel Castro asking an estimated one million Cubans whether they approved of the executions, and was met with a roaring "¡Si!" (yes).[109] With thousands of Cubans estimated to have been killed at the hands of Batista's collaborators,[110][111] and many of the war criminals sentenced to death accused of torture and physical atrocities,[12] the newly empowered government carried out executions, punctuated by cries from the crowds of "¡paredón!" ([to the] wall!),[100] which biographer Jorge Castañeda describes as "without respect for due process".[112]"
Biographer Jon Lee Anderson, (who spent 5 years studying the topic) has addressed this matter in a PBS forum stating ...
"I have yet to find a single credible source pointing to a case where Che executed an innocent. Those persons executed by Guevara or on his orders were condemned for the usual crimes punishable by death at times of war or in its aftermath: desertion, treason or crimes such as rape, torture or murder."
For those interested in learning more on Che Guevara: You can read the 3 major Guevara biographies:
(1) Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
(2) Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara by Jorge G. Castaneda
(3) Guevara, Also Known as Che by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
PS -
* As for the often repeated "he shot a 12 year old" (sometimes it's listed as 14 as well) usually found on conservative blog posts, that is not included in any reliable biography, but derives from a Dec 28, 1997 Letter to the Editor at the El Nuevo Herald - written by a Cuban exile who claims to have been a former prisoner and claims to have seen it (hardly a reliable source).
** I would be wary of self published advocacy sites like "The Real Cuba" or the hyperbolic writings of the polemicist Humberto Fontova who's research and scholarship are not seen as credible on the topic. Remember, just because someone writes it, doesn't make it true.Source:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/novemb...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid...
