Che's 80th Birthday

Here is an update from a blog entry from last month.

To celebrate Che's 80th Birthday I've included an excerpt of his speech to the U.N. in 1964. The audio is in Spanish with no English dub.

Che's 80th Birthday

Ernesto Che Guevara's 80th birthday is coming up in a few weeks (June 14th) and a new website was launched today to commemorate the occasion:

www.che80.co.cu

Che's widow sent a congratulatory message to award winning actor Benicio del Toro for his role in Steven Soderbergh's biopic. Del Toro received the Best Actor Prize in this year's Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of the legendary revolutionary (see full article here).

Salon.com's Andrew O'Hehir attended the movie premier at Cannes and wrote a glowing review of the film.


Below I have uploaded some archival footage of Che.