How The Cuban Revolution Shaped The Myth Of Guerrilleros Throughout Latin America

The Cuban Revolution developed the ideal of the myth of guerrilleros throughout Latin America. The myth of the heroic guerrilla lead by Cuban revolutionaries like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara helped to establish the idea of a new Cuba (Wright, 2001). The development of the myth of guerrillas helped to legitimate the new system established in Cuba and to gain the acceptance of the civil society who supported the revolution even in times of economic and social crisis. The succeed of the Cuban revolution also served as inspiration to other guerrilla movements in Latin America who found in the Cuban victory a model to start a revolution in surrounding countries.
Ernesto “Che” Guevara was one of the most influential leaders during the time of the Cuban revolution. He became a sort of spokesperson for the revolution in many Latin American countries, especially after he published Guerrilla warfare –a book that explain the requisites for a revolution- that served as a guidebook for insurgent groups (Ibid.).
According to Hayden (2009) “The Cuban revolution helped to inspire at least twenty-four guerrillas in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay” (Pg. 95). The only country that succeed in overthrowing the government
He stand for a tricontinental revolution; that led him to combat in Congo and even visit Vietnam. Che returned to Cuba in 1966, and he was firmly committed to the Latin American revolution (Guevara et al, 2001). His first idea was to resurrect the guerrilla movements in Argentina, but somehow in 1966 the plans changed when Bolivia was chosen as the American headquarters. By those days, Bolivia was facing a political, economic and social instability, which made Che to think it was a good decision to start the revolution