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Havana, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban doctors doing free cataract surgery at a hospital donated by the Island operated on Bolivian ex Sergeant Mario Teran assassin of guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara in 1967.

Teran, now an elderly, was operated on in Santa Cruz at an institution that President Evo Morales inaugurated.

The ex military slain Che in October 1967 at the school in La Higuera, after he was caught wounded and unarmed the day before, reminds the Cuban daily Granma in its feature Che vuelve a ganar otro combate (Che Wins a New Combat).

"No one will remember him tomorrow, as it happened four decades ago when he hit the news (...) I ask you not erase this name (Mario Teran) from your memory, so no one will forget and all will judge," said the author.

Teran Jr. Went to Santa Cruz daily El Deber as asked to release a note thanking the Cuban doctors who restored his father's sight via Operation Miracle program.

He will never be able to draw a line between the ideas that turned him a cold-blooded murderer and this man that sent doctors from his guerrilla ranks to cure alike wounded comrades and enemies.

And stresses "Remember this name: Mario Teran, a man trained to kill that sees again thanks to the doctors that followed the ideas of his victim."

Teran followed orders of Generals Renre Barrientos and Alfredo Ovando, the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency, reminds the source.

Che did not even close his eyes after he died to be able to accuse his assassin that resorted to alcohol to fulfill the order.

He told the media later that he shook like a leaf before that man whom at the moment he saw "big, very big, huge," reads the page.

Wounded and unarmed, Che Guevara had the courage his assassin lacked to open his worn-out green-olive shirt, to show his chest and shout: Stop shaking and shoot here, that you are going to kill a man, he reminds.

"Now an old man, he will be able to see the colors of the sky and the forest again, enjoy t e smile of his grand children and watch soccer matches."

The feature concludes that four decades after Mario Teran tried to destroy a dream and ideals with his crime, Che wins another combat and continues in campaign.

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By Verv
#1341239
Interesting little quip. I love ironies within history, thanks for posting this.

Even as a right winger, I can admire the irony. :lol:
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By Goranhammer
#1341283
That is kinda cute. Socialized medicine for all, not just for those you agree with.
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By Rodion
#1341404
WTF, this article talks about Che like he was Jesus or something.
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By Noelnada
#1341439
WTF, this article talks about Che like he was Jesus or something.


Not really . But i agree every time the che is incensed , it's kind like a treason toward the ideals he fought for .
Not to mention keeping Castro to power in Cuba for dozen of years is a slap in the face of the young idealists of earth .
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By PredatorOC
#1341452
WTF, this article talks about Che like he was Jesus or something.


You mean he wasn't?!
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By Donna
#1341510
WTF, this article talks about Che like he was Jesus or something.


I know... WTF???!
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By Gletkin
#1341719
Verv wrote:Interesting little quip. I love ironies within history, thanks for posting this.

Even as a right winger, I can admire the irony.

Where's the "irony"? Can you imagine the bitch storm kicked up if they hadn't treated him? Everyone would be saying the inverse of what Goran said: "Oh sure socialized medicine....but only for those who agree with them!".
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By Potemkin
#1341722
Che is bigger than Jesus.

No, really.
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By Red_Army
#1342381
Yeah: The Beatles, Che, actually there is a long line in front of Jesus.

Good job: I feel for the soldiers involved in imperialist control. It must be hard, dangerous, unrewarding and destructive work.
By zurdo
#1376368
Where's the "irony"? Can you imagine the bitch storm kicked up if they hadn't treated him? Everyone would be saying the inverse of what Goran said: "Oh sure socialized medicine....but only for those who agree with them!".


The rinony is that the system Che fought for allows socialised medicine to exist, while the system his murderer fought for does not.
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By kristol
#1376412
Wasn't Che executed and not assassinated?
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By myowndrummer
#1376443
Wasn't Che executed and not assassinated?
depends which version you like more.
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By Red Rebel
#1376448
Execution = the infliction of capital punishment or, formerly, of any legal punishment; the process of performing a judgment or sentence of a court

Assassination = to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously
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By kristol
#1376451
Well it was a summary execution... Lets just call him his killer.
By zurdo
#1376469
murderer suits him fine

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