The Truth About Che Guevara
May Day has become an annual rallying point for socialists, communists, and other left-wing groups despite the clear and horrendous record of totalitarian ideologies. More disturbingly, the cult of Ernesto Che Guevara remains alive and well on the American cultural scene, especially among college students and others who continue to sport his iconic image on t-shirts, hats, posters, etc.
Contrary to what these people may believe, Che Guevara was no dreamy, idealistic Ringo Starr. Independent Institute Senior Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa’s exposé, The Che Guevara Myth: And the Future of Liberty, now separates the myths from the propaganda. It is a much-needed antidote to learn the truth about one of modern history’s most celebrated villains.
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The Che Guevara Myth
And the Future of Liberty
By Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Nearly four decades after his death, the legend of Che Guevara has grown worldwide. In this book, Alvaro Vargas Llosa separates myth from reality and shows that Che’s ideals re-hashed centralized power—long the major source of suffering and misery for the poor. With eyewitness accounts, Vargas Llosa sets the record straight regarding Che’s murderous legacy, brutally crushing any and all dissent, and concentrating wealth in the hands of an elite.
The Che Guevara Myth: And the Future of Libertyfurther elaborates on attempts by both the left and right to suppress liberty, and examines the Latin American spirit from early indigenous trade to today’s enterprising communities overcoming government impediments. In the process, the book points to the real revolution among the poor—the liberation of individuals from the constraints of state power in all spheres.
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Praise for The Che Guevara Myth:
«The Che Guevara Myth: And the Future of Liberty is a timely and masterful critical piece on the Left’s heroic figure and on the Latin America he tried to change but only made worse in the process. Che Guevara has become a myth to many around the world who really do not understand or know who this man was all about. Alvaro Vargas Llosa exposes the real Che with the facts of who he really was. More importantly, Vargas Llosa puts his demystification of Che in the context of what has gone wrong with Latin America in the past decades.»
—V. Manuel Rocha, former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia and Argentina
«Alvaro Vargas Llosa is clearly one of the foremost ‘public intellectuals’ of Latin America, and his book, The Che Guevara Myth: And the Future of Liberty, is characteristically forthright and timely. The striking contrast between the catastrophic failure of Guevara’s murderous collectivism and the success of the alternative course, founded on freedom and individual initiative, is tellingly reflected in this very important volume.»
—Claudio Veliz, Professor of History Emeritus, Boston University
«The presence of Che Guevara’s image in Western popular culture is a disturbing symptom of the corrupting power of totalitarian ideas and a frightening reminder that communism and its crimes against humanity, contrary to National Socialism in Germany, have not been unequivocally condemned by a ‘Nuremberg’-type trial. The real ideas and activities of the ‘hero’ of The Che Guevara Myth: And the Future of Liberty are an example of the dangerous confluence of the totalitarianism of the past century: National Socialism in Germany and Bolshevik Socialism in the Soviet Union. These two ideologies are the precursors of extremism and international terrorism that threaten the world today. This makes Alvaro Vargas Llosa’s insightful work on the myths of Che Guevara and socialism all the more necessary and timely.»
—Elena Bonner, Chairwoman, Andrei Sakharov Foundation
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