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Facing Che's Image, In The Shadow of Marti, a Concert is More Than a Concert

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arturo Sandoval, Havana, Albita Rodriguez, Willy Chirino, Plaza of the Revolution, Jose Marti, Cuba, Paquito D'Rivera, Che Guevara, Juanes, Music, Concert, Entertainment News
Yoani Sanchez

On the September 20th, the Colombian singer Juanes will try to put a human face on an architectural ensemble where no one is going to go and sit placidly.

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Why "Che" Resonates

Dennis Perrin | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Steven Soderbergh, Che Guevara, Entertainment News
Dennis Perrin

There are stretches in Che when you feel lost in the jungle, where oblivion steadily hovers before closing in with a crash.

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Che Gueverette: Rodizio Slayer

Warren Holstein | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Steven Soderbergh, Vegetarian, Peta, Lydia Guevara PETA Campaign, Fubar, Che Guevara, Vegetarianism, Batista, The Green Revolution, Cuban Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis, Revolution, Health, Lydia-Guevara, Cuba, Guerilla Warfare, Politics, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Yesiree, the ole family legacy lives on as the Butcher of La Cabana's bodacious petite-fille is out to butcher the butchers by showcasing her prime cuts.

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Lydia Guevara, Che's Granddaughter, Poses Semi-Nude For PETA

AP | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

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NEW YORK — The granddaughter of Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara is at the forefront of another revolution _ for vegetarianism. ...

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Gustavo Villoldo, Man Who Tracked Che For The CIA, Awarded $1 Billion In Lawsuit

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Gustavo Villoldo, Cuba, Che, Che Guevara, World News

MIAMI — A judge on Friday awarded more than $1 billion in damages against the Cuban government for the 1959 suicide of the father of a Cuban-Ame...

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The Young Castro Comes Alive In Soderbergh's Epic Che Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance

Brad Balfour | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Raul Castro, Steven Soderbergh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Demian Bichir, The Girlfriend Experience, El Jefe, Latin America, Benicio Del Toro, Mexico, Bolivia, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Now that director Steven Soderbergh is in the public consciousness again with his intimate portrait of a high-class escort in The Girlfriend Experienc...

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Poland Wants To Ban Che Guevara Image

The Telegraph | Matthew Day | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Fascism, Che Guevara, Poland, Warsaw Poland, Poland Fascism, Europe, Warsaw, Totalilarianism, Poland Che Guevara, World News

Poland's equality minister, Elzbieta Radziszewska, wants to expand a Polish law prohibiting the production of fascist and totalitarian propaganda so t...

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When Gene McCarthy Met Che Guevara

Al Eisele | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eugene McCarthy, Lyndon Johnson, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Cuba, Politics News
Al Eisele

In an intriguing and little-known episode worthy of a Cold War spy novel, the late Minnesota Democrat held a secret meeting with Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara in New York in 1964.

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The Best Actor and Best Movie of 2008 Weren't Even Nominated

John Eskow | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Oscars, Steven Soderbergh, Che, The Wrestler, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Milk, Mickey Rourke, Che Guevara, Award Season, Film, Movies, Academy Awards, Cinematography, Entertainment News
John Eskow

The most amazing "performance" of 2008 was that of Benicio del Toro as Che -- which, for my dough, was also the movie of the year.

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Benicio del Toro Talks About Che: The Man And The Movie

Peter Kornbluh | Posted 03.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Benicio Del Toro Che, Film, Che Guevara, Benicio Del Toro, Cuba, Award Season, Entertainment News
Peter Kornbluh

"Every thing you do turns to gold," one female fan told him at a recent showing in D.C. "And my mom's in love with you." I caught up with BDT afterwards and asked him about playing Che.

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President Obama: Set Cuba Free

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Communism, Ernest Hemingway, Dwight Eisenhower, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, Inauguration, Ussr, Guantanamo, Moscow, Marxism, Bolivia, Che Guevara, Havana, Barack Obama, Paris, Cuba, 100 Days, World News
Eric Margolis

Releasing Cuba from 50 years of prison could be one of President Barack Obama's most sensible, easiest, and most applauded early acts.

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Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bolivia, Abc, Steven Soderbergh, Fulgencio Batista, Judgment at Nuremberg, Frost/Nixon, Benicio Del Toro, Russnow, Ram Productions International, The Reader, Che, Che Guevara, Movies, Peter Andrews, Harvey Milk, Passion of the Christ, Peter Buchman, Defiance, Julia Ormond, Alberto Iglesias, Benjamin Van Der Veen, Fidel Castro, Mel Gibson, Michael Russnow, Cuba, Milk, Lisa Howard, Spartacus, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

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This Endless Myth-Making About the Blood-Soaked Che Guevara Must Stop

Johann Hari | Posted 01.15.2009 | World

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Johann Hari

The myth of Che Guevara -- recycled yet again in Steven Soderberg's new film Che -- is seductive and lush -- but the reality of Che is very different.

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Benicio Del Toro Promotes "Che" At Havana Screening

AP | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

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HAVANA - Actor Benicio del Toro says protesters at the Miami screening of "Che" should have watched the film first. Del Toro plays Argentine-born Ern...

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New "Che" Trailer: 4+ Hours Of Benicio (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Film, Steven Soderbergh, Che Movie, Benicio Del Toro, Che, Che Trailer, Che Guevara, Entertainment News

The new 257-minute Che Guevara biopic is being released in two parts in January 2009, but has a special single-picture engagement starting December 12...

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Soderbergh's "Che": Masterwork Or Folly?

LA Times | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, Steven Soderbergh, Che, Che Guevara, Benicio Del Toro, Soderbergh Che, Entertainment News

Charging across the globe like an insurrectionist guerrilla cadre, Steven Soderbergh's sprawling, Spanish-language epic "Che" has been playing at inte...

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McCain Angry With Himself?

Paul Jenkins | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Karl Rove, Alaska, Financial Bailout, Terrorism, Economy, George W. Bush, Colorado, Congress, Democratic Party, Che Guevara, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Maine, Todd Palin, Georgia, Alaska Independence Party, Republican Party, Indiana, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The raw anger displayed by McCain is so over the top that he cannot seriously be targeting it at anyone but himself, and perhaps the Republican Party he has grown to hate.

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"You Can't Always Get What You Want"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Move on.Org, George W. Bush, Rfk, Jfk, Che Guevara, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Fdr, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

After he's elected we will hold Obama's feet to the fire. There will be disappointments -- but what's new about that? The Left is always disappointed.

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Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara Epic Misses Cannes Deadline

Variety | Posted 04.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Argentine and Guerrilla, Steven Soderbergh, Benicio Del Toro, Che Guevara, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment News

Today's Variety has a rundown of movies playing, and not playing, at this year's Cannes Film Festival. One long-anticipated film, or films, will not b...

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Castro's First Live Media Event Since Feb: Calls Into Chavez's "Alo, Presidente!" TV Program

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Home News

Fidel Castro called in to the Venezuelan president during a television and radio broadcast on Sunday, the first time the ailing Cuban leader has made ...

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