We reproduce herewith extracts from an interviow granted by Che Guevara, 1761 Cuban Minister of Industry and mimber two man in Cuba, to the F,L.N. paper i1l-Moudjahid. The interview was given on July 23rd and appeared on Aug. 3rd, Questions Could you tell us about the progress of the revolution in Latin
America? Answers That's my.favourite thane. I cannct always speak of the contimous progress of the revolution because there are periods when the revolution Marks timOses«a.] our duty to help them free thomselves and we will help thei in it with all our strength, All our sympathy goes to the movament in "Eritish" Guiana, which will certainly cense to be Britishssss.
At the moment it can be said that there are two countries where the revolutionary struggle has taken sufficient force alrendy to assure its development toward a revolution that will taka pewor and carry out big shanges in the political and social structure of these countries - they are VYonezusla and Guatemalares.
In Venezuela thero are three or four columns of guorilla fightars. There is a front that struggles in the cities and in the countryside. And there is a contimuous struggle against tho ropressiva forces and the police. When the guerillas blow up the oil wells, you can see that tho movement oxists Fa But every day combat rctions go on; the combat is daily.
In Guatemala, too, there are four columns of guerills fighters, There are two or three different movements that are struggling together and, despite the receut coup d'etat, the government forces can't control tha situation, and you can say that it is moving ahesdessces estion: In Brazil how is the agrarian movement led by Juliao (1)
developing? Answers Yes, Juliao's movement is developing, but Eresil is in a special situation, The Brazilian government is not particularly a government against the people. Clearly there are forces of reaction, likes those of Lacerda, who : is a genuine fascist, of the militarists who are trying to take power, mt thore are other militarists who defend the people, and the movement is developing in a different way thar, . for example, in Peru. Tootnote: (in original) (1) Leader of the leagues of landless peasants who ara procesding to the occupation and collective cultivation of land of the big uncultivated foudal domains, Guestion: What is the status of the peasant guerilla movement in Peru since t the recent arrest of Hugo Blanco? (2) inewer: Hugo Blanco is the head of one of the guerillas movements in Poru, wl flo struggled stubbornly tut the repression wes strong, I don't know what his tactics of struggle were, but his fall does not signify the end of the movement. It ia only a man that has fallen, but the movement continues, One time when we were preparing to make our landing from the Gramma, and when there was great risk that all of us would be killed, Fidel saids' ‘Nhat is more important than us is the example we set." It's the same thing. Hugo Blanco has set an example, a good example, and he struggled as mich as he could. Int he suffered a defeat, tho popular forces suffered a defeatecuseas Footnote: (in original) (2) General Secrotary of the Federation of Peasants of Convention in Peru. Of revolutionary4iarxist tendency. Persecuted for his militant action in fevour of a radical agrarian reform, he was forced to go underground where with his partisans he faced the government forces for some months, Taken prisoner, his life is now in danger, Questions What do you think of the necessity of liaison among the different
revolutionary movements in tha world? Answer: Not only is it possible, but it is absolutely necessary to develop all that wo can in regard to our knowledge and reciprocal support. The conf erence of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America, which is to be held in Havana, will be a very important step to reinforce the tiesse..s.
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