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Che Guevara

Also known as Ernesto Guevara, El Che, Che, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna

Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

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Ernesto Guevara, also known by the pseudonym Che Guevara, was an Argentine and Cuban politician, physician, poet, and diplomat. Born in Rosario on 14 June 1928, he attended the University of Buenos Aires. He was a member of the 26th of July Movement and the Communist Party of Cuba. His residences included Argentina, Cuba, Bolivia, and Guatemala. He suffered from asthma.

Guevara participated in the Cuban Revolution, the Ñancahuazú Guerrilla, the Congo Crisis, and the Battle of Santa Clara. He received the Order of the Republic, the Order of the White Lion, and the Order of the Southern Cross. His notable works include *La guerre de guérrilla*, *Diario de campaña del comandante Ernesto "Che" en Bolivia*, *Obras completas*, and the *Bolivian diary*. He was married to Hilda Gadea and Aleida March, with whom he had a child, Aleida Guevara.

He died by homicide in La Higuera on 9 October 1967. He is buried at the Che Guevara Mausoleum. His name in his native language is Ernesto Guevara. He is described by the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia.

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Born: 14 June 1928
Died: 9 October 1967
Works: 241

Top works

Carta del Che a Fidel
Le socialisme et l'homme à Cuba
Obras escogidas
A collection of speeches, 1961-1965
Guerrilla Warfare

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Rosario, Argentina

Ernesto Rafael "Che" Guevara de la Serna (14 June 1928 – 9 October 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…

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História do Comunismo — Self2024
The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)2022
A History of an Assignment — Self (archive footage)2021
Laboratory Greece — Self (archive footage)2019
Che, Memórias de um Ano Secreto — Self (archive footage)2018
El Che — Self (archive footage)2017
Che Guevara, naissance d'un mythe2017
Код доступа — Self2017
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) — Self2016
Cuba, l'histoire secrète2016

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ernesto
Gender: male
Citizenship: Argentina
Place of birth: Rosario
Place of death: La Higuera
Spouse: Aleida March
Child: Aleida Guevara
Occupation: opinion journalist
Educated at: University of Buenos Aires
Political party: Communist Party of Cuba
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: Spanish
Hair colour: brown hair
Sport: rugby union
Conflict: Bay of Pigs invasion
Military rank: Major
Image: Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda.jpg
Height: 176
Number of children: 5
Residence: Guatemala

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medical condition: asthma
place of burial: Che Guevara Mausoleum
Commons category: Che Guevara
date of birth: 1928-05-14
date of death: 1967-10-09
topic's main category: Category:Che Guevara
Commons gallery: Che Guevara
member of: 26th of July Movement
manner of death: homicide
name in native language: Ernesto Guevara
pseudonym: Fernando Sacamuelas
interested in: reading
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
nickname: Che
birth name: Ernesto Guevara
allegiance: Cuba
influenced by: Vladimir Lenin
cause of death: gunshot wound
killed by: Mario Terán
topic has template: Template:Che Guevara
has works in the collection: Memoria Chilena
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna (14 May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

As a young medical student, Guevara travelled throughout South America and was appalled 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 US prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Árbenz, whose CIA-assisted overthrow at the behest of the United Fruit Company solidified Guevara's political ideology. In Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the intention of overthrowing US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the two-year guerrilla campaign which deposed the Batista regime.

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