"CHE Part I"

In the excerpt spoken by Ernesto Che Guevara in New York during 1964, the Latin American leader addresses the United Nations in a powerful speech demanding the recognition of Latin Americas power, and their plight over the ages. He calls for the de-colonization of the Americas. His observations of Central and South America lead him to the conclusion that his region had a deeply ingrained economic inequality that was a direct result of years of capitalism, colonization and imperialism that had destroyed the entire make up of the region. His only response to salvage what they had left was to bring about a world revolution. The first part of his speech is powerful and addresses each region of Central and South America, using examples of wrong doings. I learned a lot from the speech, my own education limited in accordance to South America.