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  • Che had 340 fighters to tackle an enemy force ten times larger and supported by tanks and air power.

    She was shocked by how “dirty and messed-up” the guerrillas looked. Her father, who was standing next to her, muttered incredulously: “These guys are planning to take Santa Clara?” Then Lolita spotted Che, and she was struck both by how young he looked and by his air of authority. This impression was bolstered when one of his men, his face a battle-weary mask, asked her how many soldiers were in the city. When she told him “about five thousand,” he nodded and said, “Good, with our jefe that’s no problem.”

    From Jon Anderson’s “Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life”