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    Che Guevara

    Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)

    Comrade

    Che Guevara

    Guerrillero Heroico, 1960

    In office
    11 February 1961 – 1 April 1965
    PresidentOsvaldo Dorticós Torrado
    Prime MinisterFidel Castro
    Preceded byOffice established
    Succeeded byJoel Domenech Benítez
    In office
    26 November 1959 – 23 February 1961
    Preceded byFelipe Pazos
    Succeeded byRaúl Cepero Bonilla
    Born

    Ernesto Guevara


    (1928-06-14)14 June 1928[a]
    Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
    Died9 October 1967(1967-10-09) (aged 39)
    La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
    Manner of deathExecution by shooting
    Resting placeChe Guevara Mausoleum, Santa Clara, Cuba
    Citizenship
    Political partyM-26-7 (1955–1962)
    PURSC (1962–1965)
    Spouses

    Hilda Gadea

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    (m. 1955; div. 1959)​
    Children5, including Aleida
    Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
    Occupatio
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    Ernesto "Che" Guevara lived between 1928 and 1967. He was born in Argentina and became a doctor. However, his political opinions led him to become one of history’s best-known freedom fighters. His role in the Cuban revolution made him, and the image of his face, famous forever. He was captured and executed in Bolivia after starting an unsuccessful revolution.

    As a young medical student, Guevara went on a motorbike tour of Latin America. The extreme poverty he witnessed transformed him. He became a fierce opponent of capitalism, which he said created great inequality. He went to Guatemala and helped draw up many social reforms, until the Guatemalan government was overthrown. Following this, Guevara deci

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    Che Guevara (1928 - 1967)

    Che Guevara  ©Che Guevara was an Argentinean-born, Cuban revolutionary leader who became a left-wing hero. A photograph of him bygd Alberto Korda became an iconic image of the 20th century.

    Ernesto Guevara dem la Serna, known as Che Guevara, was born on 14 June 1928 in Rosario, Argentina into a middle-class family. He studied medicin at Buenos Aires University and during this time travelled widely in South and huvud America. The widespread poverty and oppression he witnessed, fused with his interest in Marxism, convinced him that the only solution to South and huvud America's problems was armed revolution.

    In 1954 he went to Mexico and the following year he met Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Guevara joined Castro's '26th July Movement' and played a key role in the eventual success of its guerrilla war against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

    Castro overthrew Batista in 1959 and took power in Cuba. From 1959-1961, Guevara was preside