Person    | Male  Born 14/6/1928  Died 9/10/1967

Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. In Bolivia to encourage a revolution he was executed on the orders of the Bolivian president.

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Che Guevara

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1 memorial

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Putney Debates

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1 memorial