The Bolivian Diary (39 page)

Tumaini.
See COELLO, CARLOS (Tuma or Tumaini).

Urbano.
See TAMAYO NÚÑEZ, LEONARDO (Urbano).

VACA MARCHETTI, LORGIO (Carlos).
Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, in 1934. He was a member of the PCB and participated in trade union activities. He decided to join the guerrilla struggle while studying in Cuba and upon his arrival at the Ñacahuazú farm, on December 11, 1966, was assigned to the rearguard detachment. He drowned on March 16, 1967, while crossing the Río Grande, when returning from a reconnaissance mission. Che wrote in his diary that Carlos “was considered the best man among the Bolivians in the rear guard due to his seriousness, discipline, and enthusiasm.”

VARGAS, GREGORIO.
A Bolivian peasant who acted as a guide for the guerrilla force.

VÁZQUEZ VIAÑA, HUMBERTO (Humberto).
A Bolivian and Loro's brother, he participated in the guerrilla movement's urban network in 1967. Avoiding persecution, he left the country and participated in the first stage of the reorganization of the ELN in Cuba. He adopted dissident positions that led him to break with the organization and, together with Ramiro Aliaga Saravia, wrote the mimeographed document
Bolivia: ensayo de revolución continental
in Paris in 1970.

VÁZQUEZ VIAÑA, JORGE (Bigotes, Loro,
or
Jorge).
Born in La Paz, Bolivia, in 1939. He was an activist in the PCB, participating in its military apparatus. He was a close friend of Inti Peredo, with whom he participated in various military actions. Along with Coco Peredo, he pretended to be in charge of the Ñacahuazú farm. When his identity was revealed in November 1966, Che asked Vázquez to join the guerrilla force. Following the action at the Coripote farm, near Taperillas, on April 22, 1967, he became isolated and lost. He was involved in a clash with the Bolivian Army, inflicting two fatalities, and was finally wounded and captured on April 29. He was taken to the hospital at Camiri where he was interrogated by top military officials and CIA agents. A month later, it was announced that he had escaped and was tried in absentia together with Régis Debray and Ciro Bustos; by this time, however, rumors were already circulating that he had been killed.

VELAZCO MONTAÑO, JULIO (Pepe).
A Bolivian who joined the guerrilla movement as part of Moisés Guevara's group. He deserted from the rearguard detachment to which he had been assigned. He was captured by the Bolivian Army, tortured, and shot on May 23, 1967.

Víctor.
See CONDORI VARGAS COCHI, CASILDO (Víctor).

VIDES, MARTÍN.
A Bolivian peasant met by the guerrillas en route to Muyupampa. According to Che's comments in his diary, he was the “rich man” of the area.

VILLA, Don REMBERTO.
Owner of the Ñacahuazú farm, who sold it to Roberto Peredo (Coco).

VILLEGAS TAMAYO, HARRY (Pombo).
Born in Yara, Granma province, Cuba. He was a veteran of the Sierra Maestra and the Congo. He arrived in Bolivia in July 1966 and was in charge of the guerrilla force's final military preparations. He traveled with Che, in two jeeps, from La Paz to the Ñacahuazú farm, together with Tuma, Pacho, and Loro, between November 4 and 6, 1966. He was part of the center group and, after the battle at Quebrada del Yuro, along with Inti, Darío, Benigno, and Urbano, he was able to break through the encirclement; later they were protected by the peasants. With the assistance of the PCB, they first went to Cochabamba, and from Oruro the three Cuban survivors reached the Chilean border, arriving back in Cuba on March 6, 1968.

Vado del Yeso (Puerto Mauricio).
Site of the ambush of Joaquín's guerrilla group on August 31, 1967.

Vilo.
See ACUÑA NÚÑEZ, JUAN VITALIO (Joaquín or Vilo).

Wálter.
See ARANCIBIA AYALA, WÁLTER (Wálter).

Willy.
See CUBA SANABRIA, SIMEÓN (Willy).

YPFB.
Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (Bolivian State Petroleum Reserves).

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