The Bolivian Diary

The Authorized Edition

Ernesto Che Guevara

Preface by Camilo Guevara, Introduction by Fidel Castro

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Che’s account of the fateful Bolivia mission—now the basis of a two-part biopic starring Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara. This is Che Guevara’s last diary, compiled from the notebooks found in his knapsack when he was captured by the Bolivian army in October 1967 and subsequently executed. It became an instant bestseller. Newly revised, with an insightful preface by Che’s eldest son Camilo and rare, unpublished photos, this is the definitive account of Cuba’s attempt to spark a continent-wide revolution in Latin America.

This book is the basis of the second of Steven Soderbergh’s two movies on the life of Che Guevara, “Guerrilla.” The first movie, “The Argentine,” is based on Che’s Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War. Both movies will be released in 2008. 

Che Guevara was the legendary Latin American guerrilla fighter, born in Argentina, who joined the Cuban revolutionary movement that toppled the Batista dictatorship in 1959. He played a leading role in the early years of the Cuban Revolution. He died at the hands of the CIA in Bolivia in 1967.

Published in association with the Che Guevara Studies Center, Havana.

Features 32 pages of photos taken during the Bolivian mission and facsimiles of Che's original diary.

I turned 39 today and am inevitably approaching the age when I need to consider my future as a guerrilla. But for now, I am still in one piece.

—Che Guevara

Thanks to Che’s invariable habit of noting the main events of each day, we have rigorously exact, priceless and detailed information on the heroic final months of his life in Bolivia.

—Fidel Castro

303 pages + 32 pages b&w photographs | ISBN 978-1-920888-24-4