...seine Fans hätten ihn erfunden. So aber hat es ihn leider gegeben - und sie haben ihn trotzdem erfunden.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa über die Lebensgeschichte eines Mannes, die von Anfang bis Ende und selbst noch über dieses Ende hinaus frei erdichtet wurde:
Who’s Buried in Che’s Tomb? Not Che.
“Everything about this modern saint is a myth—his love of justice, his romantic disposition, his goodness. The truth is that he executed hundreds of people, ruined the Cuban economy, tried to turn Cuba into a nuclear power and helped bring about many military dictatorships in Latin America in reaction to the guerrillas he inspired in the 1960s and the 1970s.
Guevara’s false body reminds us that totalitarian power is built on the abolition of historical truth and the psychological manipulation of its citizens.”