BiographyErnesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 – October 9,
1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, el Che, or simply Che;
was an Argentinian Marxist revolutionary, global political
figure, author, military theorist, and leader of Cuban and
internationalist guerrillas. As a young man, Guevara studied
medicine and traveled "rough[›]" throughout Latin America,
activities that brought him into direct contact with the
poverty in which many lived. Through these experiences he
became convinced that only revolution could remedy the
region's economic inequality, leading him to study Marxism and
become involved in Guatemala's social revolution under
President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán.
1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, el Che, or simply Che;
was an Argentinian Marxist revolutionary, global political
figure, author, military theorist, and leader of Cuban and
internationalist guerrillas. As a young man, Guevara studied
medicine and traveled "rough[›]" throughout Latin America,
activities that brought him into direct contact with the
poverty in which many lived. Through these experiences he
became convinced that only revolution could remedy the
region's economic inequality, leading him to study Marxism and
become involved in Guatemala's social revolution under
President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán.
Later while in Mexico in 1956, Guevara joined Fidel Castro's
revolutionary 26th of July Movement that fought a guerrilla
war and ultimately seized power from the regime of the U.S.-
supported Cuban dictator General Fulgencio Batista in 1959.
For a few months after the success of the Cuban Revolution,
Guevara was assigned the role of supreme prosecutor,
overseeing the revolutionary tribunals and executions of
suspected war criminals associated with the previous regime.
Along with serving in several important posts in the new
government, and traveling around the world meeting important
leaders on behalf of Cuban socialism, he was a prolific writer
of an assortment of books, including a classic manual on the
theory and practice of guerrilla warfare (foco theory).
government, and traveling around the world meeting important
leaders on behalf of Cuban socialism, he was a prolific writer
of an assortment of books, including a classic manual on the
theory and practice of guerrilla warfare (foco theory).
Guevara left Cuba in 1965 to incite revolutions first in a
failed attempt in Congo-Kinshasa and ultimately in Bolivia,
where he was captured and executed.
failed attempt in Congo-Kinshasa and ultimately in Bolivia,
where he was captured and executed.
Although a controversial figure during his life, after his
death, Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary
movements worldwide and a countercultural hero. He has since
been venerated and reviled in dozens of biographies, memoirs,
books, essays, documentaries, songs, and films. An Alberto
Korda photo of him (shown) has received wide distribution and
modification. The Maryland Institute College of Art called
this picture "the most famous photograph in the world and a
symbol of the 20th century
death, Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary
movements worldwide and a countercultural hero. He has since
been venerated and reviled in dozens of biographies, memoirs,
books, essays, documentaries, songs, and films. An Alberto
Korda photo of him (shown) has received wide distribution and
modification. The Maryland Institute College of Art called
this picture "the most famous photograph in the world and a
symbol of the 20th century
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