¡Hasta la victoria siempre!

Painting of Che Guevara, "Ever onward to victory" is written below.

¡Hasta la victoria siempre! (English: Ever onward to victory!) is a Cuban political slogan written by Che Guevara in his farewell letter to Fidel Castro as he was resigning from Communist Party of Cuba. The phrase is used worldwide by pro-Castro left-wing groups.

History

Che Guevara wrote the phrase in a letter adressing Fidel Castro on April 1, 1965 as he resigned from PCC and traveled to Congo and later to Bolivia to spread the "revolution", before being executed by Bolivian Special Forces on October 9, 1967.[1] Castro publicly read the letter during a speech on October 3, 1965 where he announced Che's resignation from Communist Party of Cuba.[2] Castro read "Ever onwards to victory" as he finished his speech.[3][2]

In 1965, Carlos Puebla published a famous song Hasta siempre, Comandante, the title of the song is based on the slogan.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Chomsky, Aviva (15 November 2010). A History of the Cuban Revolution. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-8774-9.
  2. ^ a b ""Hasta la victoria siempre": la mítica frase del Che que nació por un 'error' de Fidel Castro". El Confidencial. October 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Recuerdos0010 (2007-02-16). Fidel y la carta del Che. Retrieved 2025-01-19 – via YouTube.{cite AV media}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Hasta la victoria Siempre – Always Until Victory!". Cubanews. June 10, 2024.