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Caribbean-Latin America
Bronze bust of Che bombed in Bolivia
2006-07-03
A small bomb partially destroyed a bronze bust of iconic guerrilla Ernesto "Che" Guevara on the ground floor of a labor federation in the west-central Bolivian city of Oruro. Thursday afternoon's blast came three days before elections for a Constituent Assembly the new Socialist government hopes will write a leftist charter for the Andean nation, and two weeks after President Evo Morales joined with the late rebel's son to commemorate his birthday in the village where he was summarily executed by Bolivian forces in 1967.

Unionists in Oruro blamed the attack on unidentified "rightist terrorists" they claimed were seeking to disrupt Sunday's elections.
How do you say 'Kristallnacht' in Spanish?
The blast took place as union officials were meeting on an upper floor of the headquarters of Oruro's Provincial Labor Federation. Union leader Remigio Lopez said the explosive device blasted away the upper right-side portion of the sculpture of Guevara's head. He said that, upon hearing the blast, he and other unionists rushed downstairs to the spot where the statue stands, but the person or persons who had placed the device had fled.
Posted by:Seafarious

#8  Umm Steve, I beg to differ about who killed El Che. It was an anti-Castro Cuban whose nom de guerre was Felix Gomez. And yes, Che did utter those words, as Mr. Gomez will confirm.

One of my best friends happens to be a long time pal of Mr. Gomez -- both go back to childhood days in pre-Castro Cuba. Mr. Gomez was a CIA operative who fought the good fight against communism in Cuba, Latin America, Afirca, and even Indochina.

Bolivian and US Special Forces captured Che, and it was Mr. Gomez who helped interrogate El Che. He capped it off, with Bolivian permission of course, by putting two .45 caliber rounds into Che's bossom. Mr. Gomez still has the SOB's watch.
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-07-03 21:22  

#7  This is my favotite Che article.

Mike Tyson used to end fights with his arms upraised in triumph. Then he got a Che Guevara tattoo. Now he ends fights on the ground, a bloodied mess, battered and bowed, pounded almost beyond recognition. Lennox Lewis didn't just defeat him, he stomped him. It was a hideous thing to watch, even if you loathe Mike Tyson.

Tyson was jinxed by that Che tattoo. There's no other explanation. Somebody should have enlightened mighty Mike about the real Che Guevara.
Posted by: tipper   2006-07-03 14:30  

#6  My favorite Che story: just after the Bolivian army ambushed and wounded Che, he was laying the ground pleading for his life. He was saying, "don't shoot me, I'm worth more to you alive."

The Bolivians knew better, of course, and killed him.
Posted by: Steve White   2006-07-03 10:58  

#5  times they are a changing. Yesterday, the rebels supported che. Today the rebels bomb che.
Posted by: 2b   2006-07-03 08:52  

#4  Che was no angel, Senor Lopez, and I'm sure there are plenty of Bolivians still around who had family members who were killed by your hero.

Maybe some teenage goofballs were screwing around.

Either way, bravo! ;)
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-07-03 08:10  

#3  I recall how Bolivian peasants marched over 10 miles on foot, to rat on the Argentian Fidelist. When I was in La Paz in the seventies, an elderly Bolivian - with Chaco War experience - proudly told me about how his countrymen executed a corrupt President. El Dictador - Villarol - was swung from a lamp post. Mussolini was hung upside down after being shot; Bolivians are the only people who took the rope to their leader.
Posted by: Anginens Threreng8133   2006-07-03 06:14  

#2  Che was a pathological murderer nothing else. I don't hold with the non military use of bombs or with terrorist bombers but this makes me smile. Che was a pig and died like one as he richly deserved.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-07-03 00:27  

#1  OY, they'ze gonna be a riot in Moonbat, USA!!
Posted by: macofromoc   2006-07-03 00:25  

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