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Che Guevara

Che Guevara

* 14 June 1928 9 October 1967
Che Guevara Mausoleum, Santa Clara, Cuba

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves."

Life story

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, known as Che, was born on 14 June 1928 in Argentina. The experiences of his early travels across the continent shaped the political convictions that would guide the rest of his life.

Guevara became a Marxist revolutionary, author, and military theorist. He was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution, and he served in turn as a guerrilla leader, diplomat, and politician.

A writer as well as a revolutionary, he set down his ideas on politics and warfare, and his image came to circulate far beyond the movements he joined. His stylized visage became a countercultural symbol recognised around the world.

Che Guevara died on 9 October 1967 at La Higuera, Bolivia. His remains were later interred at the Che Guevara Mausoleum in Santa Clara, Cuba, and his name endures as one of the most recognised figures of the twentieth century.

Životopisné údaje z verejných zdrojov. Portrét: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Constellation of Life

Important milestones that shaped their journey.

14 June 1928
Born in Argentina
1948
Studies medicine
1952
Travels across South America
1955
Joins the movement to overthrow the Cuban government
1959
The Cuban Revolution succeeds
1961
Serves in government and as a diplomat
1966
Takes his revolutionary efforts abroad
9 October 1967
Dies at La Higuera, Bolivia

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Resting place

Che Guevara Mausoleum, Santa Clara, Cuba
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