Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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Guerrillero Heroico
Picture taken by Alberto Korda on March 5, 1960, at the La Coubre memorial service. |
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| Born |
Ernesto Guevara June 14, 1928 Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina |
| Died | October 9, 1967 (aged 39) La Higuera, Vallegrande, Bolivia |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Resting place |
Che Guevara Mausoleum Santa Clara, Cuba |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Occupation | Physician, author, guerrilla, government official |
| Organization | 26th of July Movement, United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution,National Liberation Army (Bolivia) |
| Known for | Guevarism |
| Spouse(s) |
Hilda Gadea (1955–1959) Aleida March (1959–1967, his death) |
| Children | Hilda (1956–1995) Aleida (born 1960) Camilo (born 1962) Celia (born 1963) Ernesto (born 1965) |
| Parent(s) | Ernesto Guevara Lynch Celia de la Serna y Llosa |
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃe ɣeˈβaɾa] June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, 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 in popular culture.
As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed. His burgeoning desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the United States prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Árbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow at the behest of the United Fruit Company solidified Guevara's political ideology. Later, in Mexico City, he met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma, with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime.
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