{"id":1738,"date":"2010-11-03T19:37:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T23:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2011-07-09T05:55:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T09:55:27","slug":"che-guevara-a-letter-to-his-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/2010\/11\/che-guevara-a-letter-to-his-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Che Guevara | A Letter to his Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hey-che.com\/poems-and-speeches-of-che-guevara-parents.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1739 alignright\" title=\"che\" src=\"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/che-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Dear old folks: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante*. Once more, I&#8217;m on the road with my shield on my arm. Almost ten years ago I wrote you another farewell letter. As I recall, I lamented not being a better soilder and a better doctor. The latter no longer interests me; I am not such a bad soilder. Nothing has changed in essence, except that I am much more consious. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My Marxism has taken root and become purified. I believe in armed struggle as the only solution for those peoples who fight to free themselves, and I am consistent with my beliefs. Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am&#8230;.only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths. It is possible that this may be the end. I don&#8217;t seek it, but it&#8217;s within the logical relms of probailities. If it should be so, I send you a final embrace. I have loved you very much, only I have not known how to express my affection. I am extremly rigid in my actions, and I think that sometimes you did not understand me. Nevertheless, please believe me today. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now a willpower that I have polished with an artist&#8217;s delight will sustain some shaky legs and some weary lungs. I will do it. Give a thought once in awhile to this little soilder of fortune of the twentieth century. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A kiss to Celia, to Roberto, Ju\u00e1n Mart\u00edn and Patot\u00edn, to Beatriz, to everybody. For you, a big hug from your obstinate and prodigal son, <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ernesto<\/p>\n<p>*Rocinante was Don Quixote&#8217;s horse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear old folks: Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante*. Once more, I&#8217;m on the road with my shield on my arm. Almost ten years ago I wrote you another farewell letter. As I recall, I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/2010\/11\/che-guevara-a-letter-to-his-parents\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6667,"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions\/6667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/voidofinspiration.com\/voidofinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}