Fertile Ground: Che Guevara and Bolivia, A First-Hand Account by Rodolfo Salda�a - Softcover

Rodolfo Salda�a; Mary-Alice Waters

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9780873489232: Fertile Ground: Che Guevara and Bolivia, A First-Hand Account by Rodolfo Salda�a

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ISBN 10: 0873489233 ISBN 13: 9780873489232

Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY), 2001

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Salda�a was one of the Bolivians who joined ranks in 1966-67 with Ernesto Che Guevara to forge a revolutionary movement of workers, peasants, and young people to overturn the military dictatorship in Bolivia and open the road to socialist revolution in South America. He describes the unresolved battles of the tin miners, peasants, and indigenous peoples of his country that created "fertile ground" for Guevara s revolutionary course and mark out the future of Bolivia and the Americas.

Foreword by Harry Villegas, introduction by Mary-Alice Waters, 8-page photo section plus additional photos, map, chronology, notes, index.

This book is part of a series, The Cuban Revolution in World Politics from Pathfinder Press.

Also available in: Spanish

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The triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 was part of a rising wave of anti-imperialist struggle throughout Latin America. Proving "that revolution is possible," the Cuban people and their leadership set an example that accelerated already unfolding battles for land, labor, and national sovereignty across the continent.

Rodolfo Salda�a was one of the Bolivians who joined ranks in 1966-67 with Ernesto Che Guevara to forge a revolutionary movement of workers, peasants, and young people to overturn the military dictatorship in Bolivia and open the road to socialist revolution in South America. Here, Salda�a talks about the unresolved battles of the tin miners, peasants, and indigenous peoples of his country that created "fertile ground" for Guevara s revolutionary course and mark out the future of Bolivia and the Americas.

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