Ernesto de la Serna Guevara (June 14,1928-October 9,1967),popularly known as Che Guevara or just plain Che which means "dude".He was born in Argentina of Irish and Spanish descent,was a Marxist revolutionary ,military tactician,politician and physician.
As a young student ,Che traveled around Latin America and there he experienced and witnessed the endemic poverty around the region which leads to his conclusion that the inherent economic inequalities and social in justice were the effects of capitalism,monopoly ,neocolonialism and imperialism.
During his travels,he met Fidel Castro in Mexico and there he joined the 26th of July Movement.They were the architects of the Cuban revolution with the goal to overthrow the U.S. backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.Guevara's popularity rose among the insurgents,and was given the position as Comandante,and played a vital role in the two year guerrilla campaign that dethroned Batista.After the successful takeover ,Che ratified sentences against those who were charged as war criminals by firing squads.During those years he served as minister of industry and head of the national bank ,then became a global diplomat touring the countries like the People's Republic of China,Egypt,Algeria,Ireland and some parts of Africa.Che was a prolific writer,he also made a manual on guerrilla warfare.With the belief of exporting of the revolution ,Guevara left Cuba in 1965 for Congo to incite revolution but his attempt and effort here was futile and then later went to Bolivia where he was captured and killed with the support of the CIA.
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