by Mitch Weiss
Henderson and, 36, 49, 52, 53, 106, 108, 142, 143–44
Hughes on, 256
martial law by, 105–6, 141–42
media on, 114, 141–42, 143
Ovando Candía and, 89–90, 91, 93, 130, 229, 230
Prado Salmon and, 25–26, 27–28, 31–32
Rodríguez, F., and, 131–35
Second Ranger Battalion and, 114–15
statement by, 23–24
Villoldo and, 131, 132–33, 134–35, 136–37, 230
Bartos Construction, 120
Batista, Fulgencio, ix, 29, 74
Bay of Pigs, Cuba
air support in, 75, 132–33
Kennedy and, 75, 148, 149, 207
Museum and Library, 268
Soviet Union and, 148–49
Stevenson and, 75
B Company, 183–84, 188, 189–90, 197, 198–208, 229
Belmonte Ardile, Jorge, xii, 229
Beni, Bolivia, 191
Bide, Tamara Bunke. See Tania
Blood brothers, 149–50
Bolívar, Simón, 216–17
Bolivia. See also Second Ranger Battalion
Abra del Picacho, 197, 200
Alto Seco, 188–89
Argentina and, 51, 142–43
Beni, 191
Brazil and, 51
brutality in, 79
Camiri, 9–10, 17, 22, 50
Catavi, 106
Chaco War, 20, 26, 89
Che on, 216–17, 235
Cochabama, 192
Communism in, 22, 37, 51, 145, 256, 263
coup in, 19, 21–22, 49–50, 92, 93
Cuba and, 29
economics of, 90, 130–31
El Alto International Airport, 3
El Churo Canyon, 197–206, 228–29
Falangist takeover attempt in, 264
financial aid for, 90
guano in, 20
Hotel Teresita, 249
Illimani mountain range, 7
independence of, 21
Indians in, 21
Iripiti River, 45
labor unions in, 51, 92, 105, 131
La Esperanza, ix, xiii, xiv, 39, 40–42, 68, 69, 70–72, 85–87, 93–99, 120, 122–23, 147–48, 152–53, 154, 178, 258, 266, 267
Lagunillas, 11
La Higuera, xiv, 180, 190, 191, 197, 198, 206, 207, 208, 212–13, 221, 226, 260
La Paz, 3–4, 6, 105–6, 130, 136, 145, 229, 237, 248
La Tusca Canyon, 199, 200
Loma Larga, 197
martial law in, 51, 105–6, 141–42
media of, 28, 48, 49, 60, 146, 244, 245
military, 9–17, 22–23, 32, 50, 51, 54, 88, 90, 93, 94–95, 114, 124, 125, 135, 152, 166, 254
mining in, 49, 92, 105, 106, 130, 131
Muyapampa, 57–58
National Radio, 183
Nuestra Señora de Malta Hospital, 165, 245
oppression in, 217, 218
Palacio Quemado, 130
prisoners in, 225, 230
Pucara, 179–81, 194
revolution in, 20–21, 92, 217
Rio Grande, 11, 161–64
Rio Nancahuazu valley, xiii, 9–17, 20, 44–48, 144, 145
Rostow on, 106–7, 192–93
ruling class of, 25
Samaipata, 109–13, 131, 151, 192
San Antonio Canyon, 190, 199
Santa Cruz, 22, 27, 67, 113, 135, 147
Serrano, 220
Sigle Veinte, 106
Siglo XX mine, 106
Supreme Bolivian Command, 231, 239
Tatarenda, 10, 11
uprisings in, 20, 49–50, 92
U.S. intelligence in, 54–55
Vado del Oro, 190
Vado del Yeso, xiii, xiv, 161–64, 170, 265
Vallegrande, 165, 180, 187–91, 204, 209–12, 226, 244, 245, 253, 260
Bolivian Communist Party, 256, 263
Bolivian Communist Youth, 145
Bolivian Liberation Army, 91–92
Bolivian National Radio, 183
Bounty, 193
Bowdler, William, 254
Bradford, Pennsylvania, 121
Braniff DC-8, 129
Braulio (Israel Reyes Zayas), 170–71, 174
Bravo, Erwin, xiv, 85, 86
Brazil, 51
Brigade 2506
capture of, 148
Rodríguez, F., in, 74–75, 131–34, 238
Veterans Association, 268
Browning .30, 123
Brutality, 79
Burnt Palace, 130
Bustos, Ciro Roberto, xi, 62, 172
capture of, 58, 59
disclosures by, 144–45
in media, 60
Buzkashi (goat grabbing), 275
C-46 plane, 94
C-47 plane, 165
C-130 plane, 94
Camba (Orlando Jimenez Bazan), x, 190–91
Cameras, 225, 247
Camiri, Bolivia, 9–10, 17, 22, 50
Campesinos, 10
Caribbean Anti-Communist Legion, 74
Carillo, Jose. See Paco
Carmichael, Stokely, 151
Castillo Chavez, José. See Paco
Castro, Fidel, ix
Che and, 29, 30, 107, 150, 236, 256–57
Debray and, 58
eulogy by, 256–57
Castro, Raul, 30
Catavi, Bolivia, 106
C Company, 155–56, 157, 188, 193, 252
Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, 174
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). See also specific CIA employees
on Che, 30–31, 255–56
Debray and, 60–61
in La Paz, 225
Office of Current Intelligence in Latin America, 37
radio station for, 136
Rodríguez, F., and, 73–80, 129–34, 225–26, 231, 241, 247–48, 253, 268–69
Villoldo and, 77, 79, 129–31, 132–33, 212, 268, 269
Chaco War, 20, 26, 89
Chancho (pig), 107
Chang Navarro, Juan Pablo. See Chino
Chapa, Daniel, ix
with C Company, 155–56
Hapka and, 157, 158
on hygiene, 97
snakebite on, 156–57
Valderomas and, 158–59, 160
weapons training by, 123, 124
Che. See Guevara, Ernesto “Che”
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (Anderson, J.), 270–71
Che Guevara Museum, 260
Che Guevara Route (Ruta del Che), 260
“Che Lives,” 260
Chile, 20, 265
The Chilean Revolution (Debray), 265
Chinese, 247, 248
Chino (Juan Pablo Chang Navarro), x, 110, 173, 220, 249
Choque, Valentin, 205
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
Cigar butt, 145, 147
The Citizen of Latin America, 151
Civic projects, 96
Cochabama, Bolivia, 192
Coco (Robert Peredo Leigue), xi, 180
Codebooks, 227
Cold War, 34, 43
Collectives, 261
Comibol, 130
Communication
of guerrillas, 170–71, 172, 227
mail, 227
Communication (cont.)
radio, 71, 79–80, 136, 183, 200, 209, 210, 225, 229
telegraph, 110, 189, 207
telephone, 229
Communism, 80
in Bolivia, 22, 37, 51, 145, 256, 263
Bolivian
Communist Party, 256, 263
Caribbean Anti-Communist Legion, 74
Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, 174
democracy and, 270
Henderson on, 37
Rodríguez, F., on, 148, 149, 169
Confiscation, 137
Contras, 268
Corinth, Mississippi, ix, 34, 39–40
Cossio, Sabino, 204–5
Counterinsurgency, 31–32, 34
through civic projects, 96
Kennedy and, 43
vehicles for, 90
Cruz, Julio, 94–95, 147
Cruz, Margarito, ix, 83–84
Cuba
asylum from, 133–34
Bay of Pigs, 75, 132–33, 148–49, 207, 268
Bolivia and, 29
Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, 174
confiscations in, 137
economics of, 236
Escambray Mountains, 74–75
executions in, 29, 78, 149, 237
First Revolutionary Regiment, 174
infiltration of, 74–75, 131–32
La Cabaña, 78
lawsuit about, 269
Matanzas-Havana Highway, 131–32
National Bank, 236
Plaza de la Revolución, 256–57, 271
revolution of, 29–30, 74, 78
Rodríguez, F., in, 74–75, 131–34, 149
Santa Clara, 271
Sierra Maestra Mountains, 30, 143, 170
Soviet Union foreign aid to, 236
Trinidad, 75, 148
26th of July Movement, 30, 74
U.S. boycott of, 236
Cuba, Simon. See Willy
Dancing, 152–53, 154
Deaths, 154
Barrientos Ortuno, 264
guerrillas, 161–64, 179–80, 227, 230, 233, 237
Ovando Candía, 264
Second Ranger Battalion, 153
Shelton, R., 266
Tania, 172, 192, 193
in Vietnam War, 35
Debray, Jules Regis, xi, 172
Barrientos Ortuno and, 62, 63
capture of, 58–59
Castro, F., and, 58
Che and, 61, 108
The Chilean Revolution by, 265
CIA and, 60–61
conviction of, 265
Henderson and, 226
interrogation of, 60–61, 80
in La Esperanza, 68, 69
in media, 61, 62–63, 230
prosecution of, 146–47
release of, 131
Revolution in the Revolution by, 58
statement on, 62
The Defeat of Che Guevara: Military Response to Guerrilla Challenge in Bolivia (Prado Salmon), 264
Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S., 229
de Gaulle, Charles, 62, 265
De Guzman, Jaime Nino, xiii, 226, 236–37
Dental hygiene, 105
Diary, 219–20, 227, 230, 248, 270
Dominican Republic, 37, 44, 108
Economics
of Bolivia, 90, 130–31
of Cuba, 236
Eighth Division, Bolivian military, 135
Eighth Special Forces Group
MTT, 36, 65–69
OPCEN, 66
El Alto International Airport, Bolivia, 3
El Churo Canyon, Bolivia, 197–206, 228–29
English, 273, 274
Ernesto (Freddy Maymura), x, 163, 164
Escambray Mountains, Cuba, 74–75
Espresso, 276
Eulogy, 256–57
Executions
Che, 231, 232–42, 252–53, 254–55, 261, 264, 270
in Cuba, 29, 78, 149, 237
Feast of Saint John, 106
Fernandez Montes de Oca, Alberto. See Pacho
FID. See Foreign Internal Defense
Field sanitation, 97
First Revolutionary Regiment, 174
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 52
Flores, Aldo, 150–51
Foco (focus), 30
Food, 95, 194–95
Foreign Internal Defense (FID), 274–75, 276–77
Foreign Service, U.S., 52
Fort Benning, Georgia, 77, 134
Fort Bragg, California, 66
Fort Gulick, Panama, 33, 44, 157
Fourth Division, Bolivian military, 9–17, 22–23, 135
Fricke, Edmond, ix, 41, 178
Galindo, Eduardo, 180
Gallardo, Jose, xiii, 102
Garcia, Gabriel, 60–61, 80
Garrido, Antonio, 4
Goat grabbing (buzkashi), 275
Gomez, Oliverio, ix
Gonzalez, Adolfo Mena. See Guevara, Ernesto “Che”
Gonzalez, Eduardo. See Villoldo, Gustavo
Goodwin, Richard, 149
Graduation, 183
Graham, Alvin, III, ix, xiv, 66
career of, 266
Roca and, 125–26, 266
Grande River, Bolivia. See Rio Grande, Bolivia
Granma, 30
Grave
of Che, 250, 257, 270–71
of Tania, 172
Green Bay, Wisconsin, 122
Green Bay Packers, 122
Green Berets. See Second Ranger Battalion; Special Forces
Guano, 20
Guerrillas
abilities of, 151–52
Che with, 172, 173–75, 180–81, 189, 192, 216, 217, 255–56, 262
codebooks of, 227
communication of, 170–71, 172, 227
conflict amongst, 263
death of, 161–64, 179–80, 227, 230, 233, 237
in El Churo Canyon, 198–206
escape of, 264–65
in La Higuera, xiv, 180, 190, 191, 221
logistics of, 175, 256, 262–63
in media, 28, 48, 49, 113, 192
numbers of, 263
Paco on, 169–75, 211
at Rio Grande, 161–64
Guerrillas (cont.)
in Rio Nancahuazu valley, 9–17, 20, 44–48, 144, 145
Salazar and, 252
in Samaipata, 109–13, 131, 151, 192
Second Ranger Battalion and, 159–64, 172, 179–80, 182, 187–91, 193–94, 197–207, 211, 230, 249–50, 254, 257
in Vallegrande, 188–89
Guerrilla Warfare (Guevara, E.), 49
Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” ix–x
Ayoroa Montano and, 206, 218–19, 220, 221, 240
Barrientos Ortuno and, 19–20, 22–23, 28–29, 108, 137, 140, 191–93, 227, 229–30, 251
bodyguards of, 23
body of, 240–43, 245–47, 249, 250, 253, 270–71
on Bolivia, 216–17, 235
bounty for, 193
bust of, 260
in captivity, 215–19, 220, 229, 230
capture of, 201–4, 205–7
Castro, F., and, 29, 30, 107, 150, 256–57
CIA on, 30–31, 255–56
as The Citizen of Latin America, 151
Debray and, 61, 108
diary of, 219–20, 227, 230, 248, 255, 270
disappearance of, 19–20
eulogy for, 256–57
execution of, 231, 232–42, 252–53, 254–55, 261, 264, 270
fame of, 259–60, 261, 269–70
grave of, 250, 257, 270–71
with guerrillas, 172, 173–75, 180–81, 189, 192, 216, 217, 255–56, 262
Guerrilla Warfare by, 49
interrogation of, 212–13, 220–21, 228
in La Higuera, 207–8, 212–13
> in media, 23, 29, 48–49, 88, 113, 139–40, 192, 193, 243, 244–45, 252–53
museum of, 260
nicknames of, 107
as Papa Cansado, 204, 209–10
picture of, 236–37
possessions of, 208, 219, 227
Prado Salmon and, 201–4, 205–8, 215–19, 220–21, 222–23, 226–27, 240, 257, 259, 261, 263–64
Rodríguez, F., and, 76, 77, 80, 149, 209–10, 212–13, 225–26, 227, 228, 229, 230–42, 248, 268–69
on Soviet Union, 30
strategy of, 263–64
in Tanzania, 77
U.S. and, 30, 37, 49, 107–8, 139–40, 149–50, 255
Villoldo and, 137, 212, 245, 246, 249–50
wound of, 202, 203, 215, 228
Zenteno Anaya and, 208, 211–13, 222, 226–27, 228, 238–39, 252
Guevara, Roberto, 249, 253
Guevara Rodriguez, Moises. See Moises
Gulf Oil Company, 131
Gutirrez Ardaya, Mario. See Julio
Guzman, Loyola, 145–46, 244
Hapka, James, ix, 104
Chapa and, 157, 158
early life of, 121–22
Peterson and, 121, 122–23
Happy Valley, Nicaragua, 132–33, 134
Helicopter, 200
Helms, Richard, xii, 90, 151, 254
Henderson, Douglas, xii, 91
Barrientos Ortuno and, 36, 49, 52, 53, 106, 108, 142, 143–44
career of, 52–53
on Communism, 37
Debray and, 226
Ovando Candía and, 253
Porter and, 38
Shelton, R., and, 121
study commissioned by, 108
Hepatitis B, 104
Hernandez, Manuel. See Miguel
Hitchens, Christopher, 269–70
Hit squad, 51
the Holy Hand, 158–59
Homestead, Florida, 73
Host nations soldiers, 66
Hotel Copacabana, Bolivia, 6, 237
Hotel Teresita, Bolivia, 249
Howard Air Force Base, Panama, 65
Huanca, Bernardino, xiv, 199, 200–201, 239
Huanuni miners, 106
Huerta, Eduardo, 198, 221
Hughes, Thomas, 256
Humerundo, Manosanta, xiv
Hygiene, 97, 105
Illimani mountain range, Bolivia, 7
Imperialism, 218, 257
Insects (venchugas), 105
Intelligence agencies, 51–52
Interrogation
by Ayoroa Montano, 191
of Camba, 191
of Che, 212–13, 220–21, 228
of Debray, 60–61, 80
of Guzman, 145–46
of Paco, 169–75
Inti (Guido Peredo), x, 14, 16, 162, 219
Iran, 268
Iran-Contra affair, 268
Iripiti River, Bolivia, 45
Is Che Guevara in Bolivia?, 108
Jimenez Bazan, Orlando. See Camba
Joaquin (Juan Vitalio Acuna Nunez ), x, 172, 174, 263
