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Andy Garcia is Fed Up With People Who Glorify Che Guevara
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Posted on 04/25/2006 7:19:19 PM PDT by Number57

Andy Garcia is urging fashion-conscious rebels to stop wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the image of Latino revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara because they remind Cubans of terrible times. The actor accepts that Guevara stands for rebellion and is seen as a hero to many, but he sees the revolutionary as a butcher who killed millions of his countrymen.

Argentine-born Guevara helped current Cuban leader Fidel Castro overthrow General Fulgencio Batista's government in a guerrilla revolution in the late 1950s.

Garcia, who left Cuba when he was five, says, "I'd be curious to go around and ask them how much they really know about Che. Some people wearing the T-shirt don't even know his name. They know he's some sort of revolutionary, and to wear his image is cool because you feel like a revolutionary. Someone told me the other day that they asked one of these people if they were aware of all the executions that Che was a part of in Cuba and the guy said, 'Well, I don't know if that's true, as if it had been made up to discredit him.' I wish you could say it was made up because that would mean that all those people didn't die under his thumb. That's the tragedy."


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To: Number57
I like this one myself!


61 posted on 04/25/2006 8:17:59 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: hispanarepublicana
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This the second thread of the same article but I never get tired of posting pictures of Andy!

Enjoy

62 posted on 04/25/2006 8:18:11 PM PDT by apackof2 (That Girl is a Cowboy)
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To: Number57

There's more to it than that, from contactmusic (whose articles are not allowed on FR):

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/garcia%20film%20banned%20for%20anti-guevara%20sentiment_24_04_2006

Basically, he's got a movie coming out that tells the truth about ol' Che. So, Mr. Garcia basically goes well beyond the rather mild sentiments expressed by this article. Good for him.


63 posted on 04/25/2006 8:18:48 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Number57
Garcia, who left Cuba when he was five, says, "I'd be curious to go around and ask them how much they really know about Che.

I'd say it's a safe bet that majority don't know who he is and what he did

64 posted on 04/25/2006 8:19:46 PM PDT by Mo1 (DEMOCRATS: A CULTURE OF TREASON)
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To: Toskrin

"It closed down."

heh. The eight hour bread line restaurant concept just didn't quite work out in real life I suppose.


65 posted on 04/25/2006 8:20:04 PM PDT by kenth
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To: Number57; All

"The Lost City" is the name of Andy Garcia's film. If anyone wants to listen to either of today's interviews (and some others not mentioned by me) or any other WNYC programs, it seems they are available at www.wnyc.org This is today's progamming so I don't expect they'll be up for too much longer.


66 posted on 04/25/2006 8:21:03 PM PDT by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: Rastus

Thanks for the link ;)


67 posted on 04/25/2006 8:22:39 PM PDT by Number57 ("Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.")
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To: apackof2; hispanarepublicana

We girls need our "picture rules" too!


68 posted on 04/25/2006 8:23:25 PM PDT by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: rlmorel

OMG I have tears in my eyes - that is the funniest thing I've seen in ages! The wiggling toes,,,, hahahahahaha


69 posted on 04/25/2006 8:35:30 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: pettifogger
Andy has been outspoken at times about his political beliefs. He is one of the few stars who attended the convention who didn't care if his pic was taken or not - he was even interviewed. I don't know if he attended any of W's inaugurals. I know several actors and agents who attended but kept a low profile so their pics wouldn't appear in the rags. I have a lot of respect for Garcia.
70 posted on 04/25/2006 8:40:19 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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71 posted on 04/25/2006 8:48:45 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: Number57
Hey, I made myself a Che T-Shirt.


72 posted on 04/25/2006 8:50:33 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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73 posted on 04/25/2006 8:51:50 PM PDT by demlosers
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This is a pretty good CD though.....it's out of print now. Kind of like Che'
74 posted on 04/25/2006 8:57:24 PM PDT by Skip Ripley
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2 of Garcia's movies I recommend:

"For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" and for a great date movie, "When a Man Loves a Woman" with Meg Ryan.


75 posted on 04/25/2006 8:58:57 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: Toskrin
"...they must have been thinking of Guevara"

Depends, if it was an Argentine joint then probably not. He (Guevara) was called che because it's so commonly used in Argentine talk. "Che" in Mapuche (a native group from the mountains of Argentina and Chile) means "people" and I suspect that is where it originally came from.
76 posted on 04/25/2006 8:59:51 PM PDT by ndt
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To: hispanarepublicana

You and I both. I always thought he was the hottest actor out there. My perfect male. Except for my husband, of course.


77 posted on 04/25/2006 9:01:18 PM PDT by I_like_good_things_too
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To: Number57

78 posted on 04/25/2006 9:04:09 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: rlmorel

Keyboard - $35
Flat Panel Monitor - $1000
That picture - Priceless


79 posted on 04/25/2006 9:06:34 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: armymarinemom

THAT KICKS ASS... I want ten of them.

/try to lose the pinkish


80 posted on 04/25/2006 9:06:37 PM PDT by Number57 ("Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.")
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