Poster boy of the revolution
In the late ’60s, the image became a symbol of rebellion and of opposition to the war in Vietnam. Today, it is popular as a T-shirt, but how many people beyond Latin America know about the extraordinary man it depicts?
Lucía Álvarez de Toledo, an Argentine journalist and translator, is determined to do justice to her compatriot and has talked to many people who knew Che, including his widow, Aleida, his family, and journalists who interviewed him. She has read everything that has been written about him in Spanish, English, French and Italian, making her a leading ‘Che-ologist.’ She has translated two books about Che – Travelling with Che Guevara, by Alberto Granado (his companion in Walter Salles’ 2003 movie, The Motorcyle Diaries), and Young Che, by Ernesto Guevara Lynch, Che’s father. Her bibliography includes 14 books by Che, and 200 others, mainly on Che and/or the Cuban revolution.
