Pasure pazvo, Guevara akatungamira chikwata chitsva chevarwi vakaendeswa kumadokero kunosundira kwekupedzisira kuenda kuHavana. Achifamba netsoka, Guevara akatanga rwendo rwakaoma rwemavhiki manomwe, achifamba chete husiku kuti arege kumisikidzwa uye kazhinji asingadyi kwemazuva akati wandei. Mumazuva ekupedzisira aZvita 1958, basa raGuevara raive rekugura chitsuwa ichi nepakati nekutora Las Villas province. Mumazuva mashoma akaita nhevedzano ye "kukunda kwakanaka kwehunyanzvi" izvo zvakamupa kutonga kwese kunze kweguta guru renyika reSanta Clara. Guevara akabva atungamira "boka rake rekuzviuraya" pakurwiswa kweSanta Clara, iro rakazova kukunda kwekupedzisira kwehondo yekukunda shanduko. Mumavhiki matanhatu kusvika muhondo pakanga paine nguva apo varume vake vakakomberedzwa zvachose, vakakomberedzwa, uye vakapfuura.
June 2, 1959