Search

(1972). Selected Poems Of Nicolas Guillen. The Black Scholar: Vol. 3, The Black Colony: The African Struggle, pp. 50-53.

This issue of Latin American Perspectives is dedicated to the memory of Che Guevara on the twentieth anniversary of his death in Bolivia. His life was the personification of revolutionary idealism and practice, and his heroic struggle continues to be an inspiration to those who fight against social injustice and oppression throughout the Third World. To commemorate Che's life and death, the editorial collective of Latin American Perspectives has decided to publish the last paragraph of his farewell letter to his children as well as a poem written in his honor by the well-known Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén.

A poem by Nicolas Guillen. This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website , where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.