Speech on solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam (1963) (Side A)

Annotation — Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music

Che Guevara, born Ernesto Guevara on 14 June 1928 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He died on 9 October 1967 in La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Often described as a Marxist revolutionary, and guerilla leader, he played a key role in the Cuban Revolution, and opposing imperialism and colonialism throughtout South & Central America, Africa, and the Asia. This record is a speech delivered in 1963, released on LP on the 5th anniversary (1972) of Che Guevara's death (1967) - in solidarity with the people in South Vietnam. The track name was "Discurso del Cmdte. Ernesto Guevara en el acto de clausura de la semana de solidaridad con el pueblo de Viet-Nam del Sur. (En el teatro de la C.T.C. el 20 De Dic. De 1963)" (in English: "Speech by Cmdte. Ernesto Guevara at the closing ceremony of the week of solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam. (At the CTC theater on Dec. 20, 1963)". An English transcrip of the speech is available in the Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issue 248. In the speech he ran through some of the history of the Vietnam War, from French occupation after World War Two, to the beginning of US intervention. He then linked that conflict to the situation of South and Central America:

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

EGREM LD-DP-7, 33 rpm, label "Discursos del Comandante Ernesto Guevara", "En conmemoración al 5to. aniversario de su muerte" [In commemoration of the 5th anniversary of his death], with an orange map of Latin America; "Hecho por EGREM-CNC-La Habana, Cuba". Side 1: "Discurso del Cmdte. Ernesto Guevara en el Acto de Clausura de la Semana de Solidaridad con el Pueblo de Viet-Nam del Sur. (En el Teatro de la C.T.C. el 20 de dic. de 1963)" [Speech at the closing of the Week of Solidarity with the People of South Viet-Nam, CTC Theatre, 20 December 1963]. The front cover sets a red stencil portrait of Guevara in his starred beret against a collage of Vietnam War photographs; the back is a grid of photographs of Guevara and guerrillas in the bush, captioned with the same speech title. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born 14 June 1928, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Died 9 October 1967, La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Themes

Anti-War · North Vietnam Patriotic

In collections

Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]