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Humberto Fontova’s biography of Che Guevara
Posted on 7/16/26 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 7/16/26 at 10:22 pm
i’m currently reading this book; i am no fan of Che by any means. I think that the way the mass media portrays Guevara is mythical and hagiographical.
But i am having a hard time confirming some of the claims Fontova makes.
He claims Che NEVER received a doctoral degree and was not a doctor; he claims that over 3,000 of Castro’s soldiers died during the Bay of Pigs. However , It seems Guevara’s medical degree is on display at some museum somewhere and I can’t find any corroboration of the casualties estimate of Castro’s soldiers.
A lot of Fontova’s sources are anti-communist Cubans from that era that are still living, mostly here in the U.S.
The author characterizes Che as a bumbling buffoon throughout the book.
i’m just wondering how factual this biography is.
Has anyone else read this book?
But i am having a hard time confirming some of the claims Fontova makes.
He claims Che NEVER received a doctoral degree and was not a doctor; he claims that over 3,000 of Castro’s soldiers died during the Bay of Pigs. However , It seems Guevara’s medical degree is on display at some museum somewhere and I can’t find any corroboration of the casualties estimate of Castro’s soldiers.
A lot of Fontova’s sources are anti-communist Cubans from that era that are still living, mostly here in the U.S.
The author characterizes Che as a bumbling buffoon throughout the book.
i’m just wondering how factual this biography is.
Has anyone else read this book?
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 7/17/26 at 7:08 am to selfgen
No, I read Humberto’s other books and they were entertaining.
Posted on 7/18/26 at 6:57 am to ecb
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No, I read Humberto’s other books and they were entertaining
are you referring to his biography of Fidel Castro?
Posted on 7/20/26 at 8:42 am to selfgen
Humberto has an exaggeratory writing style which makes his stories entertaining.
As you'd expect; he is passionately anti-communism and anti-castro
I doubt he put anything in that book that would be a lie but I wouldn't be shocked that some things are stretched
As you'd expect; he is passionately anti-communism and anti-castro
I doubt he put anything in that book that would be a lie but I wouldn't be shocked that some things are stretched
Posted on 7/20/26 at 8:43 am to selfgen
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are you referring to his biography of Fidel Castro?
Probably The Hell Divers Rodeo and The Hell Pig Hunt
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