CUBA: SANTA CLARA: PREPARATIONS FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT
Spanish/Nat
The residents of Santa Clara - spiritual home of the revolutionary martyr Ernesto Che Guevara - have been preparing their town for the historic visit of Pope John Paul II.
The town will be the scene of the Pontiff's first Mass on Thursday during his five day visit to Cuba.
In Santa Clara, the Pope will take his message to the heart of the revolution.
Men, women and children of Santa Clara working together to get everything ready for the visit of Pope John Paul II.
Children play as women sweep the town clean for the Pope's arrival.
The Pope will deliver his first Mass in Santa Clara.
No doubt it won't take long for John Paul to be compared to the town's own patron saint - Ernesto Che' Guevara.
Guevara's capture of the city in December 1958 drove dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile and opened the doors to Havana for its current president, Fidel Castro.
Santa Clarans might revere El Che, but they anxiously await John Paul.
The Pope's historic five day visit to Cuba is the first ever by a pontiff.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
For me it means a lot because he had never been here before. The people of Santa Clara are very happy.
SUPER CAPTION: Teresa de la Paz
Residents have placed banners welcoming the Pope across public housing buildings in the city centre.
Vatican and Cuban flags adorn houses and Papal posters announce the coming of John Paul.
In Santa Clara and across Cuba, many hope the Pope's visit will bring better times to the Cuban people.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
This afternoon we will have him in Cuba and we hope that the developed world will help us and that the (U-S) embargo will be annulled and that Cuba will definitely be able to import medicine and food.
SUPER CAPTION: Carlos Garcia
The foreign media have also flocked to Santa Clara to cover the Pope's visit.
Last-minute details were being attended to, leading up to Pope John Paul's Mass.
The Pope will say Mass at this sports school called Escuela Tecnica Fajardo - he's expected to address the needs of the family.
Santa Clara is El Che's final resting place and a mausoleum and monument dedicated to the revolutionary hero will greet John Paul as he enters the city.
Nuns have been busy arranging the altar where the Pope will say his Mass - all of Cuba is going out of its way to make the Polish Pontiff feel at home.
But the people of Santa Clara especially want to make sure all goes well during this once in a life time Papal visit.
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Statue of Che Guevara paraded through Buenos Aires
1. Wide of traffic with truck carrying statue of revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara
2. Truck carrying statue of Guevara with men standing around statue
3. People walking in street, pan to truck
4. Close-up of head of statue
5. Back shot of truck arriving at obelisk
6. Various of truck with statue passing in front of obelisk
7. Close-up of keys that are part of statue, tilt-up of statue
8. Wide of truck surrounded by people
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Andres Zerneri, Sculptor:
We have received bronze from almost every country in the world. In all the Argentine provinces, they set up centres from where they sent at least one key. In many libraries and schools, they also organised to send little pieces of bronze.
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carolina (No last name given), Vox pop:
Its very exciting, we have participated by sending keys so it is a very nice experience for us.
11. Head of statue
12. Wide of statue in front of obelisk, crowd in foreground
STORYLINE:
Iconic revolutionary figure, Ernesto Che Guevara returned to his native Argentina on Tuesday, this time, in the form of a four-metre bronze statue.
The monument was made of 75-thousand keys that were donated from dozens of countries around the world and cities within Argentina to honour the revolutionary.
Andres Zerneri, a sculptor who created the statue, said: we have received bronze from almost every country in the world.
In all the Argentine provinces, they set up centres from where they sent at least one key. In many libraries and schools, they also organised to send little pieces of bronze, he said.
The statue was driven around the Argentine capital on the back of a truck, stopping at various points of importance in Guevara's life and ending its tour at the obelisk located in the city centre, where dozens of Che supporters awaited its arrival.
One woman who gave her name as Carolina told AP Television, we have participated by sending keys so it is a very nice experience for us.
The statue depicts Guevara in his usual military uniform, as he is known worldwide.
The monument was expected to be shipped to the Argentine city of Rosario, where Guevara was born and where it will take up a central spot in a square named after him.
Guevara, born in Argentina in 1928 and executed in Bolivia in 1967 after trying to foment a revolution there, became a pop icon and is still
considered a symbol for rebellion to this day.
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Vatican Sec of State continues visit to Cuba
SHOTLIST
Santa Clara
1. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone greeting people
2. People carrying a statue of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre in procession
3. Zoom-in to Cardinal Bertone greeting people
4. Mid of woman praying
5. Zoom-out Cardinal Bertone blessing people during Mass
6. Zoom-out of worshippers waving caps
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State:
Dear brothers and sisters, after the celebration of this Mass, I ask you to present the greetings and the affection of the Pope to all the homes of this diocese and to the places where you come from, especially wherever there are people suffering, children or elderly people. To all of them, give the best wishes, prayers and friendship of the Holy Father and tell them Jesus loves them and will never leave them alone.
8. Set-up shot of Santa Clara resident Maria Teresa Cala during Mass
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria Teresa Cala, Catholic Resident of Santa Clara:
This is not only a religious visit but also, we could say, political, because it unites our church with our government.
10. Zoom-in to Cardinal Bertone inaugurating monument in honour of Pope John Paul II
11. Mid of statue of John Paul II
12. Close up of inscription reading (Spanish) Open the doors to Christ and Cuban flag in monument of John Paul II
13. Wide of John Paul II monument
El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba
14. Wide of people praying inside El Cobre sanctuary
15. Worshippers praying near candles
16. Man looking at offerings and prayers left by people
17. Close-up of sign left by worshipper for Cuba's political prisoners, reading (Spanish) For the Cuban political prisoners
18. Wide of people lining up to see the Virgin of Charity
STORYLINE:
The Vatican's number-two official unveiled a statue commemorating Pope John Paul II's historic trip to the island ten years ago on Saturday, after hinting that Pope Benedict XVI may make a visit of his own.
Thousands attending an open-air Mass applauded as Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, pulled off a white cloth to reveal the bronze likeness of a smiling John Paul, waving with his right hand and holding his papal staff in the other.
Three times as tall as an average adult, the statue came from Rome as a gift from the Vatican and was placed in Santa Clara as the site of John Paul's first Mass during his January 1998 visit.
It is inscribed: Open the doors to Christ.
I ask you to present the greetings and the affection of the Pope to all the homes of this diocese and to the places where you come from, especially wherever there are people suffering, children or elderly people, Bertone told worshippers during the Mass.
Bertone arrived in Cuba on Wednesday, coincidentally one day after Fidel Castro announced that he was going to step down as president.
Bertone was to meet with Cuban officials in Havana on Monday, a day after the parliament is to choose Castro's replacement.
On Saturday, a crowd of thousands stretched for ten blocks down a wide, divided boulevard in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara, which features another famed statue: of guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara.
This is not only a religious visit but also, we could say, political, because it unites our church with our government, said Santa Clara resident Maria Teresa Cala.
In Santiago, near the extreme eastern end of the island, more Roman Catholics were awaiting Bertone's visit on Saturday evening to pay homage to the Virgin of Charity at the sanctuary of Cobre, Cuba's patron saint.
John Paul crowned the image during his 1998 visit.
Last-minute preparations and rehearsals were taking place ahead of Bertone's visit.
Worshippers were praying and leaving offerings for the Virgin.
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CUBA: SANTA CLARA: POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT PREVIEW
Spanish/Nat
When the Pope visits Santa Clara during his tour of Cuba he will realise he has a secular rival in the popularity stakes.
For the people of Cuba's second city, Che Guevara is a figure very close to their hearts.
Nonetheless, they intend to give the Pope a warm welcome when he visits the city next week.
Santa Clara was the scene of one of Che Guevara's most famous victories during the revolution in 1959.
When his remains were exhumed from his Bolivian grave, they were taken to Santa Clara where he is now buried.
For many Che is the adopted son of Santa Clara, a Cuban hero close to their hearts.
The upcoming Papal visit to Santa Clara is an honour - both for the people and the Pope.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
To Santa Clara it could be significant because of the presence of Che, but actually anywhere in Cuba he goes is important.
SUPER CAPTION: Mario Sanchez Medina, Cuban teacher
It was in this city that a decisive moment in the revolution was played out in December 1959 by Che Guevara and a handful of guerrillas.
A train carrying ammunition and over 400 soldiers was derailed and overpowered sending a crushing message to President Fulgencio Batista in Havana.
Since then, the city has always been associated with Guevara.
It will be hard for the Pope to compete in the affections of the people of Santa Clara.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
The Pope is religious and Che is a guerrilla, for us it's not the same.
SUPER CAPTION: Ramon Garcia, Vox Pop
Preparations continue around the clock at an Institute of Higher Education where Pope John Paul II will hold mass on the school's football field.
Volunteers have been working non-stop under the watchful eye of community leaders who expressed their respect and admiration for the Pope.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
As much faith and will the Pope may represent before the world as the head of the Catholic religion, he will never replace Che. Che is ours and we feel that he is Santa Clara.
SUPER CAPTION: Omar Rodriguez, Communal Director of Villa Clara
The turnout continues to increase at the local Cathedral in the lead up to the Papal visit mass is being held for record numbers of Santa Clarans.
The local church leaders are certain that the Pope is proving to be the catalyst.
SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)
For many it is a surprise that a self declared atheist government would invite his Holiness to visit. This has been a good thing. It has encouraged people to drop prejudices and now cross the street to come into the Church.
SUPER CAPTION: Friar Arturo Gonzalez, Cathedral Priest
Church leaders are hoping that the numbers of people flocking to mass will continue after the Pope's visit.
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French tourists hurt in Cuba coach crash
A sunshine holiday has turned into a nightmare for a group of French tourists.
More than 40 have been injured, at least seven critically, in a coach crash in Cuba.
It happened as the group, thought to be mainly pensioners, were returning from an excursion to Santa Clara.
The central city is home to a monument holding the remains of Ernesto Che Guevara, the Argentine who helped lead the armed uprising that put Fidel Castro in power in 1959.
Cuban state television says their coach was invo…
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Cuba - Miracle tomb
T/I: 10:37:21
In Havana, Cuba, legend has given the tragic death of a young woman a happy ending. Locals believe that a pregnant woman who perished from anemia in 1901 was given a second chance at motherhood in death.
Script:
According to local folk lore, Amelia Goyri died before giving birth and was buried at the beautiful Christopher Columbus Cemetery in the centre of the capital. A few years after her death, her remains were exhumed in order to move her to another area, conserving space in a crowded mausoleum. As the story goes, when her relatives saw her she was holding her baby in her arms.
Since then Amelia has become the unofficial saint of the area where she has been dubbed Our Lady of the Miracles, specializing in granting fertility to women.
Fresh flowers line Amelia's grave and people arrive daily in an attempt to summon her help by sounding on a brass knocker that is attached to her grave. Tradition says that no one can turn their back on the grave without incurring her wrath, so visitors back away slowly after presenting their gifts. A mountain of plaques sit on top of her tomb, testament to the number of people Ameila has helped with her miracles.
SHOWS:
HAVANA, CUBA 24/01
WS cemetery entrance,
MS statue atop entrance to cemetery,
WS cemetery,
PAN of cemetery,
CU grave;
C/A visitors getting out of car,
WS cemetery,
WS woman looking at tomb covered with flowers,
CU tomb with inscription,
CU woman knocking on brass ring,
VS closeups of plaques,
MS visitors touching graves and walks backwards as they pray;
SOT woman We came here to see her.,
PULL OUT TO WS of couple, reporter asks QUESTION in Spanish Did you ask her for a favour?,
woman SPANSOT Yes, I did.,
reporter asking QUESTION
Do you think she will answer you?, woman SPANSOT Yes. Well, I hope so.;
WS group of tourists listening to guide;
SOT woman Today I came here especially, to Amelia's tomb, I have never gotten a miracle from her but I have faith because so many people come here and leave all the plaques for her and if it weren't true they wouldn't leave them...I'll ask and we'll see...;
CU plaque;
WS man lady walking away backwards from grave,
woman knocks on brass knocker,
woman crosses herself;
WS grave with cross,
PAN DOWN from entrance TO cemetery.
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Ernesto Che Guevara 08 - 1961-1962 Bay of Pigs + OAS
1961 -
Che bliver Industriminister i Cuba.
Mobilising the Masses for the Invasion
Speech made to sugar workers in Santa Clara on March 28, 1961; twenty days before the Bay of Pigs invasion.:
Che Guevara -
Cuba: Historical exception or vanguard in the anticolonial struggle?:
Den 15. april bliver alle cubanske lufthavne bombet af amerikanske fly.
Che haster til Pinar del Rio, Cubas vestligste provins, der samtidig ligger tættest på USA.
Det er er forsvaret af denne provins han har ansvaret for.
Den 17. april sker invasionen af Svinebugten: 1.500 Marine CIA mænd angriber Cuba, støttet af det amerikanske luftvåben og flåde.
Bådene de sejler afsted i, er venligt udlånt af United Fruit Company, og de eskorteres af nordamerikanske destroyers.
CIA udbasunerer øjeblikkeligt invasionen og kontraerne graver sig ned i sandet på Playa Giron.
De har fået at vide, der vil komme forstærkninger fra USA.
Det er også CIA's plot.
24 timer efter invasionens start meddeler CIA direktøren Kennedy, at kontraerne vil blive udslettet, hvis de ikke får støtte fra USA. Det afviser Kennedy og den 20. april er invasionen knust under Fidels personlige ledelse.
114 kontraer er dræbt og 1200 taget til fange.
Cuba ender med at sende de 1200 fanger til USA for 62 mio.$ medicin.
On April 17, 1961, three weeks prior to Guevara's speech, 1,500 Cuban counterrevolutionaries invaded at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba's southern coast.
The mercenaries - organized, trained, armed, and deployed by Washington - aimed to rally the Cuban people the U.S. rulers said were awaiting liberation and, if this proved slower in realization than projected, to establish and hold a beachhead on an isolated stretch of Cuban territory.
The invading force would then declare a provisional government to appeal for direct military intervention by the U.S. government and its closest Latin American allies.
Within 72 hours, however, the invaders were routed by Cuba's popular militia, Revolutionary National Police, and Rebel Army.
The people never showed up, and neither did the invaders' courage. On April 19 the last mercenaries surrendered at Playa Girón (Girón Beach).
Washington, April 18, 1961
John F Kennedy: The U.S. will not invade Cuba
'Our people showed their determination to fight'
Speech by Che Guevara on worldwide impact of defeat of Washington's invasion of Cuba at Bay of Pigs in 1961.
August 1961 -
Economics Cannot be Separated from Politics:
(Che Guevara's speech on behalf of the Cuban government to the ministerial meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council (CIES), sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS) at Punta del Este, Uruguay, on August 8, 1961. Head of the US delegation, Douglas Dillon, presented Washington's recently proclaimed Alliance for Progress for official ratification by the meeting. The conference was presided over by Uruguayan President Eduardo Haedo)
Organization of American States
1962 -
OAS suspends Cuba.
Music:
Las Ratas - Silvio Rodriguez
Me place contemplar
como después del fuego
salen a lucir
las ratas de salón
con maquillaje de aguerrido mal vivir.
Me place porque sé
que todo el verdadero amor
también las ve.
Me place porque son
espuelas para la razón.
Me place ver así
como el hocico se les hincha de chillar
después que queda bien
la discrepancia, la polémica, opinar.
Me place mucho ver
cuanto se hunde la ratita
en su quehacer
en su propio pregón
que hiere como la traición.
No es la primera vez que ocurre
cuando ha pasado la candela
siempre hay quien de su hueco surge
para jurar que se desvela
y la bondad y la confianza
de quien es bueno esperanzado
le dé lugar y semejanza
mientras descubre los costados.
Y en nombre de mayor pureza
salen las ratas disfrazadas
que con paciencia y con destreza
quieren trocar el agua en baba.
Quién no conoce un buen ejemplo,
quién no ha pasado por sus dientes,
quién no ha soñado echar del templo
a la codicia sonriente?
Me place contemplar como una vez
y otra vuelven a salir
las ratas del salón
que en la limpieza diseñaron el jabón.
Me place porque sé
que esto le perfecciona el músculo a la fe
me place porque son
espuelas para la razón.
...
On the trail of the real Che Guevara
(20 Dec 2010)
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TRUE DATE CREATED = 16-12-2010
AP Television
Alta Gracia, Cordoba, Argentina - 4th October, 2010
1. Wide of people entering Che Guevara museum
2. Mid of Che statue placed between Argentine and Cuban flags
3. Large of people standing in front of route map for 'Los Caminos del Che'; the Che tourist trail
4. Mid pan of map for 'Los Caminos del Che' the Che tourist trail
5. Close of location on map
6. Close of tourist
7. Large of people sitting in projection room watching presentation about the life of Che
8. Close of screen showing presentation about the life of Che
AP Television
Buenos Aires, Argentina - 30th October, 2010
9. Large of people gathered at launch ceremony of trail at tourism fair
10. Mid of patron of the tourist trail Juan Martin Guevara (brother of Che) walking out of shot
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Martin Guevara, Brother of Che & Patron of Che Tourist Trail, Buenos Aires, Argentina:
It came from the idea of the tourist route of Che that was more a font of knowledge then followed the idea of guarding documents and guarding real stories, memories in places where the family had been, where we had been together in some way or where Ernesto (Che) had been. So they began to see the importance of all this and also I felt not that I was missing but that there was a place in which I could participate with this.
AP Television
Cordoba, Argentina - 5th October, 2010
12. Large panoramic of lake with mountains in background
13. Mid panoramic of town of Alta Gracia at foot of mountains
14. Large of people entering Alta Gracia, Che museum house
15. Mid of people entering museum and walking towards counter
16. Close of people at reception counter guided by museum curator
17. Close of large Che Guevara picture
18. Large of people walking through rooms of museum
19. Close of man looking at museum display
20. Mid of pan of Guevara family photos
21. Close of picture of young Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
22. Mid of women walking past statue of young Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and looking at wall plaque
23. Close of plaque commemorating visit of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez to Alta Gracia Che museum
24. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nelida Beatriz, Museum Curator, Alta Gracia, Cordoba, Argentina
All of the people come out feeling marvelled and emotional. We have even seen people do yoga here in the house because they say it has an energy, people cry, people really, well they needed to arrive and find this house that the community of, the people of Alta Gracia managed to open to the world.
AP Television
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina - 14th June, 2008
25. Close of red flag with the image of Che Guevara waving in the wind
26. Mid low angle of people standing together waving flags
27. Large of people gathered with high rise buildings of the city of Rosario in background
28. Mid of people dressed in stereotypical revolutionary style clothing associated with Che Guevara
29. Close of man
30. Large of ship carrying statue of Che Guevara
31. Mid of people at river bank watching arrival of ship carrying Che Guevara statue
32. Close of Che Guevara statue arriving on boat at dock
33. Mid of people clapping
34. Close of man with a comparison to Che Guevara smoking a cigar
35. Mid of man with comparison to Che on motorcycle ahead of procession of motorcyclists and parade
36. Large of statue of Che Guevara on back of truck going through main boulevard in Rosario followed by procession
37. Close of man singing
38. Mid pan of people taking pictures in front of Che statue up to bust of statue
39. Large of Che statue in Che Guevara Plaza in Rosario surrounded by people
AP Television
Buenos Aires, Argentina - 30th October, 2010
Argentina, Ministry of Tourism
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Opposition activist home from hospital after ending hunger strike
(30 Jul 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Mid Cuban opposition activist of Guillermo Farinas getting dressed with help from daughter Diosangeles and his wife
2. Mid of daughter pushing Farinas in wheelchair
3. Tilt down from daughter hugging Farinas to his legs
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Guillermo Farinas, Cuban Dissident:
Well, my spirits are good. We believe we did our duty as patriotic Cubans. We contributed to the government's flexibility of its position.
5. Mid of Farinas and friends in living room
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Guillermo Farinas, Cuban Dissident:
There is a part of the citizenry that is no longer afraid or terrified and that through peaceful means wants to share the power with them. Help them so there could be a reconciliation without bloodshed and with forgiveness for all parts.
7. Tilt down exterior of Farinas' home to him being greeted by neighbour in doorway ++MUTE
STORYLINE
Cuban opposition activist Guillermo Farinas returned home from the hospital on Thursday and said he was in good spirits, even though he remains in poor health, three weeks after giving up his 134-day hunger strike.
The 48-year-old psychologist and freelance journalist drank water on July 8, ending a strike that began after the 23 February death of fellow dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died following a lengthy hunger strike of his own behind bars.
Farinas headed home and was happy to be back, but he was in a wheelchair and appeared in poor physical condition as he was cared for by his daughter and wife at his house in the central city of Santa Clara.
He was not in prison during his strike, but had been jailed numerous times previously for activism in opposition to Cuba's single-party communist government.
Farinas had been kept alive through periodic intravenous feedings at a Santa Clara hospital, but began accepting food and water a day after an agreement between the government of President Raul Castro and Cuba's Roman Catholic Church to release 52 political prisoners.
So far, 20 have been freed and flown with their families into exile in Spain. Freedom for the others is expected to take months and it is not clear if they will leave the country.
Castro said in April that if Farinas died, it would be his own fault. But the president didn't mention Farinas during celebrations of Revolution Day, the top holiday on Cuba's official calendar, which were held on Monday in Santa Clara.
Shortly before he gave up the hunger strike, state media detailed the potentially life-threatening blood clot Farinas had suffered in his neck, but claimed he had actually gained weight due to intravenous feeding.
That report was unusual since government-controlled media outlets traditionally ignore those who openly oppose Cuba's communist system.
Farinas said on Thursday that he would be willing to leave Cuba and have surgery in another country to ensure he fully recovers from the blood clot.
He said his spirits were good and was looking forward to spending more time with his 8-year-old daughter, Diosangeles, and to reporting anew for the Cubanacan Press website once his strength returns.
He said he is also at work on a book about his plight.
Because the government said it could take up to four months to free all the political prisoners, Farinas said he was prepared to again refuse food and water starting in November.
Farinas said that rather than giving up his strike, he considers it postponed.
If it holds, the promised prisoner release would mean Cuba empties its jails of all of the remaining 75 opposition leaders, community activists and journalists who report on the island in defiance of state controls on media who were rounded up in a March 2003 crackdown on dissent.
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1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis
The US blocks Soviet ships carrying missiles and threatens to retailiate on the Soviet Union.
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BOLIVIA: DOUBT OVER DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF CHE GUEVARA
Spanish/Nat
Bones and a skull have been found in Bolivia near the site where the legendary guerilla leader Che Guevara is believed to be buried.
But it's not clear whose remains they are.
The government ordered the dig last month after two retired army generals involved in Guevara's capture and burial disclosed the gravesite.
Volunteers and Bolivian soldiers have made what could be an important find -- but the search for more evidence continues.
Since mid-November, a team of government-backed Argentinean anthropologists and Bolivian troops has been digging in and around an airstrip in the town of Vallegrande.
The search started after retired General Mario Vargas -- who claims to be one of the only two people still alive who witnessed the burial of Guevara -- revealed the alleged location of the burial.
After almost four fruitless weeks, the search teams discovered the remains of at least one person.
So far there is no evidence the remains are those of Che or any member of his guerrilla band, and experts say it will take them at least a week to identify the bones.
Only 24 hours before, the government called off the dig and the frustrated team of anthropologists said they would resume work at the weekend.
The search, however, has been continued by scores of volunteers, including the brother of one of Che's closest associates in Bolivia, Simeon Willie Cuba Montana.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
Willie was one of the last friends comrade Ernesto Che Guevara saw alive. My brother was carrying the wounded Che on his back escaping from the army patrol when they were taken prisoners. Three of them were caught.
SUPER CAPTION: Ernesto Cuba Montana
Ernesto Cuba's brother was shot dead an hour before Che Guevara was executed in the school-house of La Higuera hamlet -- 60 kilometers from Vallegrande.
On that day a revolutionary was killed, but a legend was born.
Virgilia Cabrita -- a midget who helped his family feed Che and his followers -- is quoted in Che Guevara's diary.
She was only seven-years-old but she still remembers with candor the good deeds of the revolutionary leader.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
He had long hair, thick beard and big eyes. And he had a star on his forehead.
Q: Was he handsome?
A: Oh, yes, he was handsome and intelligent and used to help us a lot.
SUPER CAPTION: Virgilia Cabrita, Helped Che as a Child
The Bolivian army, however, has done its best to keep the location of Guevara's remains secret.
And they have acknowledged they would rather see the whole issue buried forever.
SOUNDBITE: (In Spanish)
We don't like this situation a whole lot. We consider the image of Che has been blown out of proportion. I believe the ones who really deserve praise and credit are the soldiers who fell fighting for the motherland. In any case, we are willingly obeying the government's orders.
SUPER CAPTION: General Armando Balcazar, Army's Inspector General
Army sources say there are at least four mass graves in Vallegrande with the remains of dozens of revolutionaries including those of Ernesto Che Guevara.
Millions of followers who still revere the legendary leader are hoping a 28-year-mystery can be soon dug out in Vallegrande.
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President Funes makes official visit
(5 Oct 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of the Revolution Honour Guard standing to attention as Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes and Cuban President Raul Castro observe
2. Zoom out of Castro and Funes saluting Honour Guard
3. Mid of Castro and Funes shaking hands
4. Tilt down from Cuban flag to Funes
5. Zoom out from Castro to presidents talking
6. Zoom out from image of revolutionary Che Guevara to wide of Revolution Square with El Salvador delegation standing to attention
7. Mid of Funes singing Salvadoran national anthem
8. Mid of Honour Guard carrying wreath with Funes and Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra following
9. Mid of Funes approaching wreath and unfurling ribbon
10. Tilt down from Jose Marti monument to Funes and delegation posing for photograph
STORYLINE
Mauricio Funes, President of El Salvador, arrived in Havana on Monday for an official visit, at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart, President Raul Castro.
The two reviewed the island's Honour Guard at Cuba's Palace of the Revolution on Monday evening.
Later that night, Castro and Funes held long-awaited private talks at the palace.
Cuba and El Salvador resumed diplomatic relations just sixteen months ago in June of 2009.
El Salvador had suspended diplomatic relations with the island nation over 50 years before, when Fidel Castro and his revolutionary rebels came to power in Cuba.
Relations were re-established last year immediately after Funes was sworn in.
El Salvador was the last Latin American country to resume relations with Cuba's communist government.
Earlier on Monday, Funes laid a wreath in the Revolution Square at the base of a monument dedicated to Cuban independence hero Jose Marti.
During his stay, Funes was expected to meet with Cuban Communist Party officials and visit Salvadoran students at Havana's Latin American Medical School.
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Fidel Castro's Ashes Interred in Cuba, Ending Nine Days of Mourning | News Today | News Today
Fidel Castro's Ashes Interred in Cuba, Ending Nine Days of Mourning | News Today | News Today Fidel Castro's ashes were being interred in a private ceremony Sunday morning, ending nine days of mourning for the man who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century.
The military vehicle bearing his remains in a flag-draped cedar coffin left the Plaza of the Revolution in the eastern city of Santiago at 6:39 a.m. ET.
Thousands of people lined the two-mile route to Santa Ifigenia cemetery, waving Cuban flags and shouting Long live Fidel!
The Cuban military fired a 21-gun salute and crowds at the entrance to the cemetery sang the national anthem as the ashes entered about 40 minutes later. The ceremony lasted more than an hour and took place out of the public eye after Cuban officials made a last-minute cancellation of plans to broadcast the events live on national and international television. International media were also barred from the ceremony. Martial music could be heard outside the cemetery, where Ines de la Rosa was among the mourners gathered. She said she would have liked to watch the ceremony on television, but we understand how they as a family also need a bit of privacy.
Fellow mourner Elena Vinales said she wasn't surprised that the images of the ceremony were not broadcast. It seems to be a family moment, she said.
The decision to hold a private ceremony came the morning after Castro's brother, President Raul Castro, announced that Cuba would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after the former leader, and bar the construction of statues of the former leader and revolutionary icon, in keeping with his desire to avoid a cult of personality.
The leader of the revolution rejected any manifestation of a cult of personality and was consistent in that through the last hours of his life, insisting that, once dead, his name and likeness would never be used on institutions, streets, parks or other public sites, and that busts, statutes or other forms of tribute would never be erected, Raul Castro told a massive crowd gathered in the eastern city of Santiago.
Fidel Castro, who stepped down in 2006 after falling ill, kept his name off public sites during his near half-century in power because he said he wanted to avoid the development of a personality cult. In contrast, the images of his fellow revolutionary fighters Camilo Cienfuegos and Ernesto Che Guevara became common across Cuba in the decades since their deaths.
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A revolutionary remembered along Bolivia's Che Guevara Trail
A revolutionary remembered along Bolivia's Che Guevara Trail
A revolutionary remembered along Bolivia's Che Guevara Trail
A revolutionary remembered along Bolivia's Che Guevara Trail
Cuba and Bolivia will both hold ceremonies in the coming days to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Ernesto Che Guevara.The Argentine Marxist medic turned guerrilla fighter, who became a hero of the Cuban revolution, had tried to launch a similar uprising in Bolivia. It failed; he was captured and then executed on October 9th 1967.
Now, as CGTN’s Michael Voss reports, the village where he died, La Higuera, has become a tourist attraction, part of a Che Trail, connecting several sites linked to his Bolivian campaign.
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The Cuban government says Fidel Castro's ashes will be settled at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in the city of Santiago de Cuba. The cemetery is known for holding the remains of revolutionary heroes like those who died fighting in the country's first insurgency battle in 1953.
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Latin America celebrates 60th anniversary of Moncada barracks attack
Cuba celebrates today the 60th anniversary of the onset of its revolution and so do the progressive governments and social movements in Latin America, thousands of people in the region have expressed their solidarity with the Cuban people. teleSUR
Cuba during World War I | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:35 1 Pre-Columbian history
00:03:35 2 Spanish conquest and early colonization
00:08:55 3 Arrival of African slaves
00:12:29 3.1 Sugar plantations
00:13:54 4 The 16th–18th centuries: Cuba under attack
00:17:33 5 The 19th century: Years of Upheaval
00:18:36 5.1 Reform, autonomy and separatist movements
00:22:33 5.2 Antislavery and independence movements
00:25:30 5.3 The possibility of annexation
00:28:39 5.4 Resumption of independence struggle
00:29:33 6 1895–98: War of Independence
00:29:45 6.1 Build-up to the war
00:29:53 6.1.1 Social, political, and economic change
00:32:01 6.1.2 Martí's insurrection and the start of the war
00:37:35 6.2 Escalation of the war
00:43:55 6.3 The iMaine/i incident
00:48:03 7 The Cuban theatre of the Spanish–American War
00:51:47 8 First U.S. occupation and the Platt amendment
00:52:23 8.1 Political changes
00:53:56 8.2 Economic changes
00:58:42 8.3 Elections and independence
01:03:23 9 Cuba in the early 20th century
01:08:20 9.1 After World War I
01:11:37 9.2 The 1940 constitution and the Batista era
01:11:48 9.2.1 Rise of Batista
01:15:12 9.2.2 Economic expansion
01:18:21 9.2.3 Stagnation and dissatisfaction
01:20:16 10 1953–59: the Cuban Revolution
01:23:57 11 Castro's Cuba
01:24:07 11.1 Politics
01:26:51 11.2 Break with the United States
01:27:01 11.2.1 Castro's resentment of American influence
01:28:57 11.2.2 Breakdown of relations
01:32:01 11.2.3 Formal disconnection
01:33:22 11.3 Bay of Pigs invasion
01:35:15 11.4 The Cuban Missile Crisis
01:37:22 11.5 Military build-up
01:37:55 11.6 Suppression of dissent
01:39:36 11.7 Emigration
01:42:10 11.8 Involvement in Third World conflicts
01:43:30 11.8.1 Angola
01:45:52 11.8.2 North Africa
01:46:34 11.8.3 Congo
01:47:19 11.8.4 Ethiopia
01:48:10 11.9 Intelligence cooperation between Cuba and the Soviets
01:49:45 12 Modern era
01:49:55 12.1 Special Period
01:53:53 12.2 Continued isolation and regional engagement
01:56:21 12.3 End of Fidel Castro's presidency
01:57:38 12.4 Economic reforms
01:58:30 12.5 Improving foreign relations
02:00:38 13 See also
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The island of Cuba was inhabited by various Mesoamerican cultures prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1492. After the arrival, Spain conquered Cuba and appointed Spanish governors to rule in Havana. In 1762, Havana was briefly occupied by Great Britain, before being returned to Spain in exchange for Florida. A series of rebellions during the 19th century failed to end the Spanish rule. However, the Spanish–American War resulted in a Spanish withdrawal from the island in 1898, and following three-and-a-half years of subsequent US military rule, Cuba gained formal independence in 1902.In the years following its independence, the Cuban republic saw significant economic development, but also political corruption and a succession of despotic leaders, culminating in the overthrow of the dictator Fulgencio Batista by the 26th of July Movement, led by Fidel and Raúl Castro Ruz, during the 1953–59 Cuban Revolution. Cuba has since been governed as a socialist state by the Communist Party under the leadership of the Castro brothers. The country has been politically and economically isolated by the United States since the Revolution, but has gradually gained access to foreign commerce and travel as efforts to normalise diplomatic relations have progressed. Domestic economic reforms are also beginning to modernize Cuba's socialist economy.