ATHENS, Greece—Some 40 people attended the Jan. 22 launching here of the Greek-language edition of Socialism and Man in Cuba by Ernesto Che Guevara, an Argentine-born leader of the Cuban Revolution. The book contains Guevara’s 1965 article by that title, as well as two other pieces by Guevara and Fidel Castro’s 1987 speech, “Che’s Ideas Are Absolutely Relevant Today.”

The book launch was held at the meeting hall of the Latin American and Spanish Social-Cultural Alliance, and was sponsored by the Cuban Embassy and the publisher Diethnes Vima. Speakers included (above from left): Natasha Terlexis, president, Diethnes Vima; Costas Isihos, former vice president of the Athens Labor Center; and Nikos Karandreas, president of the Greek-Cuban Friendship Society. Cuban Chargé d’Affaires Eliselia Diaz Suarez also spoke.

“This book is a valuable legacy and a framework for reflection for all, in particular for the working class today,” said Diaz.

Participants bought nine copies of the book, along with 12 other titles on working-class politics published or distributed by Pathfinder Press.

—GEORGES MEHRABIAN