At the Side of Che Guevara: Interviews With Harry Villegas (Pombo)

by Harry Villegas (Pombo)

Villegas worked and fought alongside Ernesto Che Guevara for a decade--in Cuba, the Congo, and Bolivia. A brigadier general in Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces, he talks about the struggles he has taken part in over four decades and explains the importance of Guevara’s political legacy for a new generation around the world. Photos, notes. Now with enlarged type. Also available Spanish

Genres: Nonfiction

47 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

Reviews

[Marc Lichtman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harry Villegas worked and fought alongside Ernesto Che Guevara for a decade—in Cuba, the Congo, and Bolivia. A brigadier general in Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces, he talks about the struggles he has taken part in over four decades and explains the importance of Guevara's political legacy for a new generation around the world. Two interviews with him.

“Pombo's pithy evaluation of U.S. military capabilities and doctrine is remarkably up-to-date…. Pombo, who escaped the Bolivian venture to serve almost a decade in Africa (1981-90 9781604880939), also reaffirms the Cuban revolution's historical commitment to revolutionary internationalism, which helped bring independence to Angola and an end to apartheid in South Africa.” —Cuban Studies

See also, Making History: Interviews with Four Generals of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces, Pombo: A Man of Che’s guerrilla: With Che Guevara in Bolivia, 1966–68, and Cuba and Angola: The War For Freedom.

[Austin Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a smaller work by Pombo; his main work is "Pombo: A Man of Che's guerrilla. With Che Guevara in Bolivia, 1966-68."

This book was educational and informative. :)

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