“Every drop of blood spilled in a land under whose flag one was not born is experience gathered by the survivor to be applied later in the struggle for liberation of one’s own country. And every people that liberates itself is a step in the battle for the liberation of one’s own people.”
“Let the flag under which we fight be the sacred cause of the liberation of humanity, so that to die under the colors of Vietnam, Venezuela, Guatemala, Laos, Guinea, Colombia, Bolivia…. to mention only the current scenes of armed struggle… will be equally glorious and desirable for a Latin American, An Asian, An African, and even a European.” – Che Guevara
The Bolivian Diary is the daily notes written by Che Guevara, the eternal revolutionary, during his guerilla campaign from 7th November 1966 to 7th October 1967 for the freedom of Bolivia, in which he met his end at the hands of the Bolivian Military. He was shot dead on 8th October 1967 at La Higuera, at a school in a mountainous terrain, after being captured.
Che could have escaped, but he wanted his other comrades to be safe and fought to the last. He was captured since his gun was broken, the ammunition was over and he was seriously wounded. While Che and the Guerillas had released the soldiers captured by them after lecturing them about the revolution and taking away their guns, ammunition and uniforms, the military never showed the same respect or treatment to Che or the Guerillas.
After the victory of Cuban revolution in 1959, Che Guivera, comrade-in-arms to Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, in the guerilla campaign and a Minister in the Cuban Government, left to Bolivia incognito to fight for the freedom of Bolivia. He was an eternal revolutionary and was in continuous warfare against dictatorship and capitalism. The Bolivian Diary reveals the steel like resolution of the comrade, who steadfastly fought and led the guerillas and ambushed the military numbering many folds more than them in several ambushes. It is really surprising how in the day and night fight and campaign through the densely forests he found time to note the developments. Of course, he was an exceptionally revolutionary comrade.
Reading the ‘Bolivian Diary’ itself was an experience. It has inspired millions and millions of toiling masses throughout the world to fight back and participate in revolutionary struggles.
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