George Plimpton, Fidel Castro, Ernest Hemingway and Che Guevera

Standpoint ^ | January 2009 | JAMES SCOTT LINVILLE

[Ge0ffrey]

"It was right after the revolution," George continued. One afternoon, Hemingway told him, "There's something you should see." The nature of the expedition was a mystery; Hemingway made a shaker of drinks, daiquiris or whatever. They got in the car with a few others and drove some way out of town. They got out, set up chairs and took out the drinks, as if they were going to watch the sunset. Soon, a truck arrived. This, explained George, was what they'd been waiting for. It came, as Hemingway knew, the same time each day. It stopped and some men with guns got out of it. In the back were a couple of dozen others who were tied up. Prisoners.

The men with guns hustled the others out of the back of the truck, and lined them up. Then they shot them. They put the bodies back into the truck. I said to George something to the effect of "Oh my God."

[SunkenCiv]

He picked up the affiliation while in Spain writing about the Stalinists’ struggle with the Spanish General Franco. George Orwell fought on the side of the ‘republican’ [sic] forces.

[lavaroise]

Franco followers and French OAS former right wing french resistance were the primary advisors for the CIA in getting rid of Aliende and purging Argentina and Brazile of communists. The Panama School of Americas was also tailored to the advice of the French officers. If we had let them go to Cuba, Castro would have not made it.

[gattaca]

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[gundog]

Media from New York were invited. The point of the executions was that it be publicized. There are some accounts which say Hemingway didn’t go, but Plimpton did. This was during the period that there was hope for a democratic Cuba. That obviously didn’t transpire.

Hemingway’s house was raided by Batista’s troops during the revolution. They were looking for guns, and shot his favorite dog.