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THAT issue's cover story on Ernesto ("Che") Guevara, president of Cuba's National Bank and brain be hind Fidel Castro's revolution, brought a different kind of reaction in Cuba...
...than twice the normal number of copies. A political columnist for Castro's mouthpiece newspaper Revolución (who had obviously read the Che story down to the last word) sniffed that he had "little time for TIME." One who obviously had time for TIME: Cover Subject Che Guevara, who has personally ordered that henceforth the National Bank's TIME subscription be sent direct to his office...
...facing the invading forces of U.S.-backed Rebel Carlos Castillo Armas, Arbenz abandoned the presidency to make a panicky dash for safety in the Mexican embassy. He thereby won the scorn of a militant young Argentine leftist then temporarily living in Guatemala-Ernesto ("Che") Guevara. Said Che, who is now Castro's one-man brain trust: "If Jacobo Arbenz had been a man, he would have taken himself to the streets and fought...
...leader. He saw Castro clearly as an inspired and inspiring zealot, brimming with a disorganized flood of liberal ideals, incapable of accepting criticism, dependent on others to put his schemes into action. Che adapted himself to Castro. He never contradicted Castro in public. Allowing Fidel to take credit for Guevara accomplishments, he carefully avoided bruising the massive Castro ego. Che even wrote a "Rhapsody to Fidel...
...itself squared away in Latin America, though it belatedly recognizes its obligations and perhaps its opportunities. Luckily Che Guevara and the Brothers Castro, with their own hostile designs on Latin America, are meeting increased resistance abroad, and are having increased difficulty at home...