Much gratitude to the Frieden brothers, one in the States and one in Thailand, for their continued encouragement for my blogging. And for their great gift recently of a movie pass to the Ragtag Cinema Cafe which shows many excellent documentaries and independent films.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara's journal of a trip he made from Buenos Aires to Caracas in his pre-revolutionary days is the subject of Motorcycle Diaries, a lovely film. I was unaware of a number of things about Che, but not that the CIA collaborated in his murder. If you get a chance to see this film, take it. (Check out that link to the website - very nice.)
And speaking of Caracas, when I was there last spring, I was surprised to see that Che's likeness is painted on buildings and walls all over the barrios. I tried to find a shirt with a picture of Venezuela's revolutionary president Hugo Chávez, but everywhere I went, the only picture to be found was that of Che Guevara.
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