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; Che's take on Kennedy's 1961 plans to block the spread of revolution in Latin America; Includes never-before-published material, such as Che's televised speeches on the subject; Robert Redford's film ""The Motorcycle Diaries"" and Steven Soderbergh's forthcoming biopic will ensure continued interest in Che Guevara Showdown at Punta del Este, 1961. The debate on free trade and development in Latin America. To check the spread of revolution in Latin America in 1961, Kennedy proposed the Alliance for Progress - a program for free trade and development in the Americas. Che Guevara, described at the time by Time magazine as ""Cuba's scraggle-bearded economic czar,"" condemned the plan as a new strategy to subjugate the continent to U.S. interests. The introduction describes the backstage drama that unfolded when Kennedy's special envoy Richard Goodwin had a cordial encounter with Che at a late night party. The book includes never-before-published material, such as Che's televized speech in which he outlines the issues posed by the Alliance for Progress. It Published in association with the Che Guevara Studies Center, Havana

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Ernesto ""Che"" Guevara was born in Argentina in 1928. After training as a doctor, he travelled throughout Latin America. In 1955 he joined Fidel Castro in the movement that overthrew the Batista regime in Cuba. Guevara became a central leader of the Cuban revolutionary government up until his ill-fated expedition to Bolivia where he was captured and assassinated in October 1967 on the instructions of the CIA.

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