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Argentina

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  1. 1816 Independent ofSpainSpain

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Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara
26th of July Movement Marxism–Leninism Argentina Argentina 1928–1967 ✕ Executed

The internationalist icon who traded a stethoscope for a rifle

“Create two, three, many Vietnams.” — Message to the Tricontinental, 1967

Argentine Marxist revolutionary. As a guerrilla comandante of the Cuban Revolution, he played a key role in overthrowing the Batista regime in 1959. He then devoted himself to the international revolutionary struggle, leading guerrilla campaigns in the Congo and Bolivia, where he was captured and executed in 1967.

Career timeline
  • 1948–1953Medical student; the journeys across Latin America
  • 1955Meets Castro in Mexico; joins the 26th of July Movement
  • 1956–1959Guerrilla comandante; takes Santa Clara
  • 1959–1965President of the National Bank; Minister of Industry
  • 1960Published Guerrilla Warfare
  • 1965–1967Guerrilla campaigns in the Congo and Bolivia
  • 1965Published Socialism and Man in Cuba
  • 1967.10Captured in Bolivia; shot the next day

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Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara
26th of July Movement Marxism–Leninism Argentina Argentina 1928–1967 ✕ Executed

The internationalist icon who traded a stethoscope for a rifle

“Create two, three, many Vietnams.” — Message to the Tricontinental, 1967

Argentine Marxist revolutionary. As a guerrilla comandante of the Cuban Revolution, he played a key role in overthrowing the Batista regime in 1959. He then devoted himself to the international revolutionary struggle, leading guerrilla campaigns in the Congo and Bolivia, where he was captured and executed in 1967.

Career timeline
  • 1948–1953Medical student; the journeys across Latin America
  • 1955Meets Castro in Mexico; joins the 26th of July Movement
  • 1956–1959Guerrilla comandante; takes Santa Clara
  • 1959–1965President of the National Bank; Minister of Industry
  • 1960Published Guerrilla Warfare
  • 1965–1967Guerrilla campaigns in the Congo and Bolivia
  • 1965Published Socialism and Man in Cuba
  • 1967.10Captured in Bolivia; shot the next day