CHE'S
FAREWELL LETTER
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AFTER
HELPING CUBA LIBERATE ITSELF FROM THE CLAWS OF BATISTA AND US
IMPERIALISM, AND AFTER SERVING THE CUBAN PEOPLE, EL CHE DECIDES TO
CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN BOLIVIA.
ON
OCTOBER 13, 1965 FIDEL READS TO THE PEOPLE CHE'S FAREWELL LETTER. HERE
IS PART OF THE LETTER:
...OTHER
LANDS CLAIM MY MODEST EFFORTS. AS I CAN DO WHAT IS DENIED TO YOU
DUE TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE, THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME
TO BID FAREWELL.
KNOW
THAT I DO IT WITH A MIXTURE OF SORROW AND HAPPINESS, FOR HERE I LEAVE MY
MOST SINCEREST HOPES AS A BUILDER AND MY MOST BELOVED...I LEAVE A PEOPLE
WHO LOVED ME LIKE A SON; AND THAT DAMPENS MY SPIRIT. IN THE NEW
BATTLE GROUNDS I WILL TAKE WITH ME THE FAITH YOU HAVE SHOWN ME, THE
REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE TO PERFORM THE MOST SACRED OF DUTIES:
TO BATTLE IMPERIALISM WHEREVER IT MAY BE; THIS COMFORTS AND STRENGTHENS
MY SPIRIT...
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