While traveling towards the end he came to Mexico in the summer of 1955. There, he met the exiled Castro brothers,
Raul and Fidel. With the two, he found common ground and beliefs. Che decided to join them in going to Cuba to take down Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba. Che started off as a doctor for the army but started working more directly for the revolution.
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| This is a poster that Che made for the revolutionary effort to get support from the Cuban people. This was during the time right before Che became Castro's right hand man. They used this so they could also gain fighters for the Guerrilla Warfare. Translated: Join the Revolution! The Good Direction- Universal Education, and knows his politics. The Bad Direction- Dictatorship! and Declaraton of War! |
They started their base in the mountains of Sierra Maestra, first attacking Moncada and attracting the attention of civilians all throughout the country with their revolts. The large focus for Guevara during the time was primarily land reform, which he succeeded in doing with the takeover of different areas of Cuba. Guevara said that taking over different areas in a revolution is a crucial step to completing the task, "the spearhead to the movement". Eventually Fidel Castro began to give Che more powers and then he put Che as the head of the socializing progress.
On News Years Day, after the battle in Las Villas, the Batista regime fell and Castro became the leader of Cuba.
After their takeover Ernesto Che Guevara visited the Soviet Union twice in order to have closer ties with the communist country and have more economic support.Che tried to convince Krushchev to sign a military treaty to transfer the missiles, but U.S.S.R.'s leader declined.  |
| While Castro and Che were taking over Cuba with the revolutionary tactics such as guerrilla warfare there were many polarizing views about him. Some believe that he was doing bad for the country and was hypocritical by saying he had liberal, socialist beliefs. Others thought he was doing the right thing and that the revolution would make Cuba a better place to live. This is an editorial page we found on people's thoughts of him from a Cuban newspaper in 1958. |
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| These are photos from the guerrilla warfare army that Che led for the revolution. It was tiring and they often went long periods of time without adequate food. He worked the fighters endlessly with training and traveling. Despite his asthma he continued to fight even when it was hard, he was said to even push harder when his symptoms struck. (It was also like this when Che tried to lead a guerrilla army in Bolivia.) |
