Che Guevara --> Español Flashcards

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Transition to Communism

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La transición al comunismo

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In 1957, Ernesto “Che” Guevara was studying books on the Cuban economy, while he and the Rebel Army fought a guerrilla war against the Batista government.

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En 1957, Ernesto “Che” Guevara estaba estudiando libros sobre la economía cubana, mientras que él y el Ejército Rebelde luchaban una guerrilla contra el gobierno de Batista.

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He had already begun to make the transition to socialism by creating craft workshops and other projects to support his fighters.

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Ya había empezado a hacer la transición al socialismo mediante la creación de talleres artesanales y otros proyectos para apoyar sus combatientes.

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He had also begun to redistribute the land that was liberated, which won them the support of poor people in rural areas.

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También había comenzado a redistribuir la tierra que fue liberado, lo que les ganó el apoyo de la gente pobre de las zonas rurales.

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He knew that his new government would not survive unless they could create enough jobs for everyone.

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Él sabía que su nuevo gobierno no sobreviviría, a menos que pudiera crear suficientes puestos de trabajo para todos.

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He wanted the new economy of Cuba to be socialist and independent of the U.S., but without relying on capitalist mechanisms.

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Quería que la nueva economía de Cuba sea socialista e independiente de los EE.UU., pero sin depender de los mecanismos capitalistas.

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Che helped plan the Agrarian Reform Law that allowed them to confiscate and redistribute unproductive plantations to the landless or convert them into cooperative farms.

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Che ayudó a planear la Ley de Reforma Agraria que les permitió confiscar y redistribuir plantaciones improductivas a los campesinos sin tierra o convertirlas en granjas cooperativas.

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As soon as he became President of the National Bank of Cuba, he printed new banknotes to stop capital flight and prevent a counterrevolution.

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Tan pronto como llegó a ser Presidente del Banco Nacional de Cuba, él imprimió nuevos billetes para detener la fuga de capital y prevenir una contrarrevolución.

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The bank could also give credit, hold deposits and savings, manage mortgages and promote development.

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El banco también podría dar el crédito, mantener depósitos y ahorros, administrar las hipotecas y promover el desarrollo.

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Che adapted key ideas of the U.S. monopolies to create his Budgetary Finance System of economic management.

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Che adaptó ideas clave de los monopolios norteamericanos para crear el Sistema Presupuestario de Financiamiento de la gestión económica.

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He hoped to diversify agricultural production (from sugar alone) and encourage manufacturing to reduce dependence on foreign trade.

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Él esperaba diversificar la producción agrícola (desde azúcar solo) y fomentar la fabricación para reducir la dependencia del comercio exterior.

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He was convinced that state planning would ensure revenue needed for salaries, supplies, maintenance and repairs.

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Estaba convencido de que la planificación estatal aseguraría ingresos necesarios para salarios, suministros, mantenimiento y reparaciones.

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Che believed that due to their use of capitalist tools (market socialism), capitalism would eventually return to the Soviet Union.

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Che creía que debido a su uso de las herramientas capitalistas (socialismo de mercado), el capitalismo eventualmente regresaría a la Unión Soviética.

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He was sure that his planned monopoly system would be much more advanced, efficient and productive.

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Estaba seguro de que su sistema de monopolio planificado sería mucho más avanzada, eficiente y productiva.

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He introduced a new salary scale in order to link wages to qualifications to promote training and counteract professionals fleeing Cuba.

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Él introdujo una nueva escala de sueldos con el fin de vincular los salarios a las cualificaciones para promover la formación y contrarrestar la huida de profesionales de Cuba.

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His new socialist management style utilized a consultative evaluation process, in which the administration was conducted by workers rather than bureaucrats.

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Su nuevo estilo socialista de gestión utilizó un proceso de evaluación de consultiva, en el que la administración se realizó por los trabajadores en lugar de burócratas.

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Monthly reports were analyzed and evaluated collectively to induce competition and provide an overview.

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Los informes mensuales estaban analizado y se valorado colectivamente, para inducir la competencia y proporcionar una visión general.

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He theorized that socialism must produce not only material needs but also promote human development.

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Él teorizó que el socialismo debe no sólo producir las necesidades materiales pero también promover el desarrollo humano.

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Che may have neglected to consider that greed is a very human trait.

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Che puede haber descuidado a considerar que la codicia es un rasgo muy humano.

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What worries me is that Guevara had so much faith in his socialist monopoly, but did not have any in the capitalist monopolies.

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Lo que me preocupa es que Guevara tuviera tan mucho fe en su monopolio socialista, pero no tuviera ninguno en los monopolios capitalistas.

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I prefer that economic control is less centralized and have plenty of checks and balances.

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Prefiero que el control de económico sea menos centralizado y tenga un montón de controles y equilibrios.