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Che Guevara

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Che Guevara |

"Guerrillero Heroico"

Che Guevara at the La Coubre memorial service.

Taken by Alberto Korda on March 5, 1960. |

Born | June 14, 1928(1928-06-14) [1]

Rosario, Argentina |

Died | October 9, 1967(1967-10-09) (aged 39)

La Higuera, Bolivia |

Resting place | Che Guevara Mausoleum in Santa Clara, Cuba |

Organization | 26th of July Movement, United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution,[2] National Liberation Army (Bolivia) |

Religion | None (atheism)[3][4] |

Spouse | Hilda Gadea (1955-1959)

Aleida March (from 1959) |

Children | Hilda (1956-1995), Aleida (born 1960), Camilo (born 1962), Celia (born 1963), Ernesto (born 1965) |

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃe geˈβaɾa];[5] June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture.[6]

As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout Latin America and was radically transformed by the endemic poverty and alienation he witnessed.[7] His experiences and observations during these trips led him to conclude that the region's ingrained economic inequalities were an intrinsic result of capitalism, monopolism, neocolonialism, and imperialism, with the only remedy being world revolution.[8] This belief prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow solidified Guevara's political ideology. Later, while living in Mexico City, he met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht,...