Who Killed Che? This month marks the forty-fourth anniversary of Che Guevara’s murder. An analysis of government documents collected in a new book reveals a complex CIA scheme. Photograph via Flickr by Christian Zamora Che and the CIA in Bolivia Why did Che choose Bolivia? Landlocked, Bolivia was Latin America’s poorest, most illiterate, most rural and most Indian country. It was also the most unstable country in Latin America, having gone through more than 190 changes in government since it became an independent republic in 1825.
Like Mexico in the years 1910 to 1920, and Cuba more recently, Bolivia was a Latin American country whose revolution in 1952 was based on popular participation. Constantio Apasa, a Bolivian tin miner, summed up the political situation in his country in the year that Che arrived: “When the MNR (Revolutionary Nationalist Movement) came to power in 1952, we felt it was a workers’ party and things would be different. Debray was beaten with a hammer. A U.S. At home with Schlamowitz: Gaddafi's Jewish pen pal. 9 November 2011Last updated at 02:30 By Laura Trevelyan BBC News, New York Louis Schlamowitz has 60 albums packed with correspondence and signed pictures of world leaders An elderly Jewish man from Brooklyn has spent decades as a pen pal to world leaders as diverse and unlikely as JFK, Ayatollah Khomeini and the recently deceased Col Gaddafi.
In Louis Schlamowitz's cramped Brooklyn flat, a signed photograph from President John F Kennedy sits above an action shot of Gen Manuel Noriega of Panama, signed with best wishes. And there is Mr Schlamowitz, wearing sideburns, meeting President Richard Nixon at the White House, just as the Watergate scandal gained momentum. The Queen is one who got away - she has not personally responded to the indefatigable 81-year-old autograph hunter from Brooklyn's Canarsie neighbourhood. "The Queen only writes to people she's met," explains Mr Schlamowitz, a former florist and veteran of the Korean War. "Not everybody replies to me, but most people do," he says.
9-year-old survives almost 2 days in car wreck - US news - Life. 72 years together: The couple who died holding hands. Girl ‘kills’ parents to avoid forced marriage. Peace-minded Israeli reaches out to everyday Iranians via Facebook. Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry has created posters with messages of peace for the people of Iran and posted them on Facebook. Edry says he started the campaign to get past the harsh words and talk directly to Iranians to see whether there really was anything to fight about. Edry has received thousands of messages from people in Iran since his poster campaign. One private message from Iran said: "We love you too...Iranian people, aside from the regime, have no hard feelings or animosity towards anybody, particularly Israelis.
" Iran's nuclear development program is causing alarm in Israel and its Western allies. Critics in the West say Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon while Iranian officials insist their nuclear program is for peaceful energy generation only. Posters of peace: Israel 'hearts' Iran (CNN) -- It is not possible to dial an Iranian number from an Israeli telephone. "My idea was simple, I was trying to reach the other side. We will never bomb your country. Real-life 'Slumdog': Clerk wins big on India show - World news - South and Central Asia.