The Wind of La Higuera: Betrayal · Secrets · Closure (Roger and Isabel)

Che Guevara did not simply die in Bolivia in 1967. He was abandoned. When a previously unheard recording surfaces, it reveals that Fidel Castro was offered a chance to intervene after Che’s capture—and chose not to. What followed was not just an execution, but the burial of a truth powerful enough to reshape the mythology of the Cuban Revolution. Decades later, Isabel Meléndez, a Miami nurse and the daughter of a CIA analyst who died under suspicious circumstances, uncovers her father’s hidden journal. Inside is a trail leading from Cold War Bolivia to modern-day Miami, where exile politics, intelligence agencies, and long-buried secrets collide. As Isabel and her partner Roger Jackson follow the evidence, they realize the recording is not just historical—it is dangerous. People were killed to keep it silent. Institutions still want it buried. And once the truth begins to move, there is no safe way to stop it. The Wind of La Higuerais a political-historical thriller about memory, betrayal, and the cost of telling the truth. Moving between Bolivia, Cuba, Washington, and Miami, the novel explores how revolutions become myths, how silence becomes policy, and how ordinary people inherit the consequences of decisions made long before they were born. This is not a retelling of Che Guevara’s final days. It is the story of what happened afterward—when the truth refused to stay buried.
ASIN: B0GHXBH36Z
VSKU: BVV.B0GHXBH36Z.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Elton, Donald
Binding: Hardcover
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Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use