'My uncle brought them when he came to the wedding of my parents, who were married in late November 1967,' Imanol Arteaga told AFP.
Arteaga told the wire service his uncle Luis Cartero had been a missionary in Bolivia.
Guevara was killed on October 9, 1967 and had been captured the day before by the Bolivian army, the wire service noted.
Arteaga also said that both his aunt and his mother claimed the photos were given to his uncle by a French journalist.
He said to AFP that following his uncle's death, 'And then I remembered the photos of Che and my aunt did not hesitate a minute: 'Yes, yes, I know where they are.'
He was presented with an envelope of the photos from his aunt, the wire service reported.
The photos were reportedly taken by an AFP reporter named Marc Hutten who was in Bolivia at the time, AFP reported. They show Guevara's dead body being presented by the Bolivian army.
rteaga told AFP he believes Cuartero was given the photos in case Hutten faced difficulties in Bolivia.
AFP's Sylvain Estibal told the wire service Hutten claimed to have taken multiple photos of Guevara's body.
Estibal told AFP that Hutten 'told us that he had sent four or five reels to AFP in Paris.'
Estibal also said that Hutten later went to Paris but 'there were only a few pictures of his story. Where were the rest remains a mystery.'
Arteaga also learned the photos he recovered were produced on paper that is no longer available after consulting with a journalist and a specialiast, the wire service reported.
'What mattered to me is that those pictures were from my uncle, sentimental value,' Arteaga told AFP.
'I now realize that they have a historical value,' he also said.
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Interesting.
Great post Gil.
This is the man who inspired me to join the PPP in 1969. I had read his book Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War and it changed my youthful plans for my future. At that time, the PPP was the Cuban Revolution's best promoter in Guyana.
This is the man who inspired me to join the PPP in 1969. I had read his book Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War and it changed my youthful plans for my future. At that time, the PPP was the Cuban Revolution's best promoter in Guyana.
Revolution was a failure.
For poor people the Cuban revolution allowed them to get good free education and free health care. If the revolution had gone the root of free and fair nation wide elections every five years, plus political term limits, then it would have been much more successful. The major mistake of the Cuban revolution from the start was the trust those Soviets and allow them to put nuclear missiles on their soil
Che had a heart for the impoverished. Politics and revolutions was not his chief motivator. He genuinely wanted to see ppl in better lives. He was closer to the teachings of Christ than Gandhi and MLK.
A humble man. In a world where men have freedom of choice. Che choose to help those who could not help themselves because the elites tower over them.
Such is Guyana today. Where an Indian dominated government locks out the majority of Afroes from the only place where they legally argue their rights for a better way of life.
Che was shot nine times by Bolivian Army Sergeant Mario Terán. He claimed that he was just following orders. 40 years later it was a Cuban medical team that saved Mario Terán from going blind. In the end Terán received free medical care that saved his eye sight thanks to Che.
Che has his eyes open and is smiling. The motorcycle diaries give a good insight into his motivations.
Che has his eyes open and is smiling. The motorcycle diaries give a good insight into his motivations.
Che was true to his word, in death as in life. Remember, it was Che who proclaimed: "Wherever death may surprise us, let it be welcome, provided that this, our battle cry, may have reached some receptive ear and another hand may be extended to wield our weapons and other men be ready to intone the funeral dirge with the staccato singing of the machine-guns and new battle cries of war and victory."
Che welcomed death with a smile.
Oliver Stone asked Fidel about Che in his interview. Che may have had a falling out with Fidel that is why he left Cuba. These communists types are always fighting each other. Look at Bishop and Cord.
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