Che Guevara — "In times of excessive tension we cannot proceed weakly. At the Sierra Maestra, w…"
In times of excessive tension we cannot proceed weakly. At the Sierra Maestra, we executed many people by firing squad without knowing if they were fully guilty. At times, the Revolution cannot stop to conduct much investigation; it has the obligation to triumph.
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Argentine Marxist revolutionary, second-in-command of the Cuban Revolution under Castro, executed in Bolivia in 1967 attempting to export the revolution.
Closely associated with
Fidel Castro (revolutionary partner) and Camilo Cienfuegos (fellow Cuban revolutionary commander).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Félix Rodríguez, Cuban-American CIA officer — Rodríguez led the Bolivian team that captured Che in 1967 and was present at his execution. The cleanest single event in the US-vs-Cuban-revolution proxy war — an exiled-Cuban CIA officer hunting down Castro's lieutenant in the South American jungle.
Details
Reported in the official Cuban newspaper 'Revolución'.