--- title: Bill de Blasio Tried His Hand at Spanish. It Didn't Go Well description: Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio miscalculated the impact of quoting Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara in Miami. He later apologized. canonical: https://time.com/5616508/bill-de-blasio-spanish-blunder/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-27T23:34:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T23:52:33.770Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bill de Blasio Tried His Hand at Spanish. 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Democratic presidential candidate New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio prepares for a television interview in the spin room before the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate June 27, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 27, 2019 11:34 PM UTC Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio miscalculated the impact of inadvertently quoting Marxist revolutionary leader Che Guevara in Miami, city home to a large population of Cuban refugees who left their home because of said revolution. Following his appearance at the [first Democratic primary debate Wednesday night](https://time.com/5608626/first-2020-democratic-debate-latest-news/), the New York City mayor joined a rally for striking workers at the Miami International Airport and shouted, “Hasta la victoria, siempre!” The Spanish phrase, which means “Until victory, always!” is a well-known saying of Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro take power during the 1959 Cuban Revolution. > [](https://twitter.com/lizroldancbs4/status/1144319115005480961) > [](https://twitter.com/taydolven/status/1144304133031235584) De Blasio’s use of the phrase did not land well in Miami. Democratic Florida state Sen. Annette Taddeo said she was “utterly disgusted” in a tweet. “This is completely unacceptable,” she wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/Annette%5FTaddeo/status/1144327401121468416) State Sen. José Javier Rodríguez demanded de Blasio apologize. > [](https://twitter.com/JoseJavierJJR/status/1144322735214080000) De Blasio did apologize on Thursday, saying he wasn’t aware of the barbed history behind the phrase. > [](https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/1144359872277942272) > [](https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/1144359874630967296) Speaking on CNN Thursday afternoon, de Blasio issued another apology. “I do apologize because I didn’t understand the context,” he said. “I literally understood it as a Spanish translation.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5616508/bill-de-blasio-spanish-blunder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5616508/bill-de-blasio-spanish-blunder/"},"headline":"Bill de Blasio Tried His Hand at Spanish. 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