[Quix]

Guess I thought Chavez was more overtly Communistic.

I must say--I did sort of lump him in with Chez Guiverra sp?

I realized Chez was much MORE OVERTLY RADICAL but I kind of thought they were cut from the same cloth.

Of course, I've been wrong a number of times in my life!

But was my understanding back when I paid attention to the whole movement etc.

[T'wit]

Needless to say, Chavez gets heaped with leftist honors this way because he was one of them.

As for Che Guevara -- a romantic idol of the younger left because he was quite handsome in that famous poster, and he even wrote some poetry. Never mind that he was guilty of many assassinations in Cuba, he was cute. Unfortunately for Che, he fancied himself a thinker and great revolutionary too, so he went off to BOLIVIA, of all forlorn places, to stir up a revolution. See, he just knew that all the peasants or toilers or masses were ready to rise up. Instead, the peasants turned him in and had no interest whatever in having a glorious revolution, and the otherwise hopeless Bolivian army easily ran him down. Che tried to bribe his way out of it, saying he was worth more dead than alive, but he was executed. His men were also wiped out, either in fights or by execution (September-October, 1967). As a military commander, Che was totally inept. But he was so romantic, you see, and that beret he wore was so dashing, young commies still wear Che tee shirts and think he was hot stuff.

[Scenic Sounds]

I must say--I did sort of lump him in with Chez Guiverra sp?

Yeah, they were actually two different people.