Che Guevara

aka Che, El Che, Ernesto Guevara, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna

Revolutionary Leader

Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, guerrilla leader whose stylized visage became global countercultural symbol of rebellion. Radicalized by witnessing poverty during South American travels as medical student. CIA overthrow of Guatemala's Arbenz solidified anti-capitalist ideology. Met Fidel and Raúl Castro in Mexico, joined 26th of July Movement. Rose to second-in-command during Cuban Revolution's guerrilla campaign. Post-revolution served as industry minister, National Bank president, military instructor. Authored influential 'Guerrilla Warfare' manual. Left Cuba to export revolution to Congo (failed) and Bolivia. Executed by Bolivian army (1967), martyred as leftist icon worldwide.

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