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Che Guevara - Update to Aunt

Time: Thursday Dec 10, 1953

Place: Guatemala

Details: On December 10, 1953, before leaving for Guatemala, Guevara sent an update to his Aunt Beatriz from San José, Costa Rica. In the letter Guevara speaks of traversing the dominion of the United Fruit Company, a journey which convinced him that the Company's capitalist system was a terrible one.

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