Englisch: Che Guevara :)

Che Guevara (1928 - 1967)


Che Guevara was an Argentinean-born, Cuban revolutionary leader who became a left-wing hero.

Ernesto
Guevara de la Serna, known as Che Guevara, was born on 14 June 1928 in
Rosario, Argentina into a middle-class family. He studied medicine at
Buenos Aires University and during this time travelled widely in South
and Central America. The widespread poverty and oppression he
witnessed, fused with his interest in Marxism, convinced him that the
only solution to South and Central 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 president of the National Bank of Cuba, and then minister
of industry. In this position, he travelled the world as an ambassador
for Cuba. At home, he carried out plans for land redistribution and the
nationalisation of industry.

A strong opponent of the United
States, he guided the Castro regime towards alignment with the Soviet
Union. The Cuban economy faltered as a result of American trade
sanctions and unsuccessful reforms. During this difficult time Guevara
began to fall out with the other Cuban leaders. He later expressed his
desire to spread revolution in other parts of the developing world, and
in 1965 Castro announced that Guevara had left Cuba.

Guevara
then spent several months in Africa, particularly the Congo, attempting
to train rebel forces in guerrilla warfare. His efforts failed and in
1966 he secretly returned to Cuba. From Cuba he travelled to Bolivia to
lead forces rebelling against the government of René Barrientos Ortuño.
With US assistance, the Bolivian army captured Guevara and his
remaining fighters. He was executed on 9 October 1967 in the Bolivian
village of La Higuera and his body was buried in a secret location. In
1997 his remains were discovered, exhumed and returned to Cuba, where
he was reburied.

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