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Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist and a major figure in the Cuban Revolution.

As a young medical student, Guevara traveled through South America and became radicalized by the rampant poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed.

Short biography about che guevara images

His desire to overthrow what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the United States led to his involvement in Guatemala’s social reforms lead by President Jacobo Arbenz. After Arbenz was deposed with the help of the CIA, Guevara, in Mexico City, met Fidel and Raul Castro and joined the July 26 Movement.

Guevara was eventually promoted to second-in-command and played a pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the U.S. backed Fulgencio Batista regime.

After the Cuban Revolution, Guevara played an important role in the new government including reviewing a