 Guevara was instrumental in creating the clandestine radio station Radio Rebelde ( Rebel Radio ) in February 1958 , which broadcast news to the Cuban people with statements by the 26th of July movement , and provided radiotelephone communication between the growing number of rebel columns across the island . Guevara had apparently been inspired to create the station by observing the effectiveness of CIA supplied radio in Guatemala in ousting the government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán . 
