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On December 11, 1964, Che Guevara addressed the United Nations General Assembly as head of the Cuban delegation. In expressing Cuba’s frustration with the actions of the United States, he says: “The United States, furthermore, tried to get the UN to inspect our territory. But we emphatically refuse, since Cuba does not recognize the right of the United States, or of anyone else in the world, to determine the type of weapons Cuba may have within its boarders… So long as the world is governed by these principles, so long as the world is governed by those concepts that have universal validity because they are universally accepted and recognized by the peoples, we will not accept the attempt to deprive us of any of those rights, and we will renounce none of them.”

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Experts discuss the life and legacy of Cuban revolutionary figure, Ernesto “Che” Guevara. After touring throughout Central and South America, Guevara witnessed the millions of people living in poverty and decided that he wanted to do something about it. The solution to the poverty in his mind was communism. He later became Fidel Castro’s second-in-command when he joined him in overthrowing Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista, in 1959. After spurring the Cuban Revolution, Guevara wanted to spread revolution to other parts of the world. He first went to the Congo where he was unsuccessful, and then made his way to Bolivia, where he was eventually captured by Bolivian forces backed by the CIA and executed on October 9, 1967.

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