Bolivian Army Intelligence

I recently watched Steven Soderbergh's two part epic "Che: The Argentine and Guerilla." Benicio del Toro is absolutely fantastic as Che and the cinematography and screenplay are outstanding. A modern masterpiece in my humble view. It may not be an overstatment to say that it belings in the same category as The Battle of Algiers.

Here is a good review of the film.

Bolivian Army displaying the slain body of Che Guevara




Rather than achieving a psychological advantage by displaying these images, which were actually captured by a CIA photographer, The Bolivian Army's display of Guevara's body in October 1967 led some observers to note a certain similarity between that image and Andrea Mantega, Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1480). The legend of Che, has of course, only grown since his capture and execution by Bolivian forces in combination with US intelligence and Special Forcess.



Here is a nice collection of documents from GWU's NSA on US efforts to capture Che.