Back on the Road: A Journey
Through Latin America by Ernesto
Che Guevara
Back On The Road: A Journey Through Latin America
The fascinating travel diaries and photographs that make up Back on the
Road are a vital complement to The Motorcycle Diaries, described by the
London Times as Das Kapital meets Easy Rider. These journals chronicle
Che Guevaras second trip through Latin America as his youthful idealism
was developing into the political fervor that made him a revolutionary icon.
More than any of his peers in the Cuban revolution, Che had a continental
sense of justice, first conceptualized during his travels as a young man. He
saw the mountains and deserts of Bolivia, the Inca remains at Machu
Picchu and Cuzco, the forests of Guatemala; he sailed up the Pacific coast
from Ecuador to Panama and met his first wife in Honduras. He witnessed
the CIA overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala and, in Mexico, he was
introduced to an ambitious young man named Fidel Castro. Back on the
Road provides a vital link between The Motorcycle Diaries and the Cuban
Revolution, offering an indispensable portrait of the gestation of a

revolutionary mind. A wonderful glimpse into the maturing mind of a great
man and a vital companion to the previous Che diaries. -- Michael
McCaughan, Irish Times
Personal Review: Back on the Road: A Journey Through Latin
America by Ernesto Che Guevara
A diary that is rambling but compelling to read. Hard to put down. Shows
transformation of Motorcycle Diaries Earnesto (Che) Guavera into soon to
be Commandante Che of Cuban Revolution--the endearing kitten who
grows up to be the feral and rather large cat in the living room. It starts out
as a story of a young man with itchy feet who cannot tolerate boredom
(ADHD comes to mind). Soon, however, he becomes embroiled in an
intense politcal struggle which begins in Guatemala. The outcome of the
Guatemala struggle develops Che's adult vision of a united Latin America,
free of United Fruit and "Yanqui" domination, which continues for the rest
of Ernesto (Che) Guevara's brief life.
This book shows a part of United States and Central American history of
which few North Americans are aware. I know I wasn't.
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