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Many people survived that combat, and they are all invited to write their memoirs, and add their experiences to our knowledge of those events. We ask only that, when telling their story, they do not deviate from the truth, or say something incorrect just to clarify or magnify a personal position or pretend they had been in some particular place.

Ernesto Che Guevara,

Prologue to the Diary of a Revolutionary War

Then, in Bolivia, there were some Argentines, like Tania – who was actually German although she had been born in Argentina – and Ciro Roberto Bustos whom Che had known for a long time. Che always talked a lot about ‘El Pelao’. I met Bustos in Bolivia.

Che’s Teachings, interview with Harry Villegas Tamayo (‘Pombo’),

by Nestor Kohan, 11 October 2003

When a man is born, he can choose one of three different paths. If he chooses the one on the right, the wolves devour him; if he chooses the one on the left, he will devour the wolves; if he continues straight on, he will devour himself.

Anton Chekhov

Moreover, we do not know if the universe belongs to the real world or fantasy.

Jorge Luis Borges

‘I want you to tell me what Tania said when she met you in Córdoba.’

‘That you wanted to see me, I replied.’

‘No, no. I want you to tell me exactly what she said. In her own words.’

‘Ah, well. She said, “Che wants to see you.” ’