The Motorcycle Diaries Analysis

As the United States began to gain power over Europe, relations with Latin America dwindled. The United States spent a great deal of time, energy, and expenses to prevent the spread of communism. Revolutions were all too familiar to Latin American countries and began to increase with nationalism and Marxist ideals. The spread of revolution amongst Latin America occurred throughout many countries, which led to guerrilla warfare and eventually the Cold War.

The Motorcycle Diaries is a film based on the story of Ernesto Che Guevara and Alberto Granado’s life-changing journey across Latin America. Granado is a biochemist and Guevara is one semester away from becoming a doctor. Their trip takes them through many countries in Latin America, providing them with experiences and sights they might have never seen otherwise. Guevara and Granado begin to see the harsh reality of

Revolutions and revolutionary ideals such as Marxism broke out not only in Cuba, but throughout Latin America. Countries such as Cuba, Guatemala, Bolivia, Mexico, and many more led major revolutionary action. Many of these countries fought alongside Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. The Cuban Revolution focused on Marxist ideology. Marxism focused on decolonization and revolutionary ideals. Marxism was supported by influential figures throughout Latin America such as social scientists and artists. “Amongst most Latin American revolutionaries of the day to accept Marxism meant basically one thing: to side with the weak and impoverished masses against the rich minority and the US multinational corporations”. (Chasteen, 280) However there also remained the opposing side to Marxists and revolutionists, which believed revolutions only meant trouble for them and their country. Individuals opposed to revolutionary action were fearful for their safety and the harsh consequences of potentially protesting against the United