The Bells Toll for Him

"Did he die in 1967 in Bolivia because he chose the wrong time and place, rhythm and means? Or did he never die because he got what really counts right in every time and place, rhythm and means?

He believed that you had to be on your guard against the temptations of greed. When he was president of the National Bank of Cuba, he signed the notes, mocking money. Because he loved the people he disdained material possessions. It is a sick world where having and being are the same. He never kept anything for himself, nor did he ask for anything.

To live is to give , he believed; and he gave..."

From Eduardo Galeano’s Memoria del Fuego III: El siglo del viento

Che Guevara

14 June 1928 - 8 October 1967