Once Upon a Time

Che Guevara playing chess somewhere in Cuba at the time when he was serving as Minister of Industry. Photo: Granma Archives.

¿Qué culpa tengo yo de tener la sangre roja y el corazón a la izquierda?

Che Guevara playing someone who looks like 8th World Chess Champion Mikhail Nechemevich Tal in a simultaneous exhibition at Habana, Cuba in 1963. Photo: René Calvo/Granma.

The Importance of Being Earnest

• 羽佳 (Yǔ Jiā), 我们没有忘记你！追思切·格瓦拉牺牲五十周年 | We’ll never forget you! Remembering Che Guevara on the 50th anniversary of his death, RedChinaCn.net, October 11, 2017

Abstract: “Above all, try always to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world”. Today we solemnly remember the revolutionary leader Che Guevara (1928–1967) on the 50th anniversary of his death. [Read more].

Che Guevara leans against a wall in the spectator’s gallery in the United Nations Security Council chamber in New York City, United States on December 14, 1964. Photo: AP.

“Es mejor caminar descalzo, que robando zapatillas”

Aymara people hold images of Che Guevara as they commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death in Vallegrande, Bolivia, the small town where he was murdered by the Bolivian army in 1967. Photo: David Mercado/Reuters.

Can’t Buy Me Love

People hold pictures of Che Guevara at a mass ceremony in Santa Clara, Cuba commemorating the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary leader’s death. Photo: Reuters.

Saccharum officinarum

Somewhere in Cuba, 1964. Ernesto Che Guevara — his mythical 1959 Chevrolet in the background — enjoys playing chess with his comrades of sugar cane harvestershis. Photo: Ramiro A. Fernández.

The Moon of the Caribbees

Somewhere in Cuba, 1964. After a hard day’s work as a volunteer, Ernesto Che Guevara enjoys playing chess with some of his comrades. Photo: Rogelio Andrés Torres.