Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born to a middle-class family in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on June 14, 1928. Disgusted by the corrupt Argentine military dictatorship, Guevara became a dedicated Marxist while in his teens. As a student he vowed to devote his life to revolutionary causes, and in 1953 he received a medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires. He left Argentina later that year to take part in a Communist revolt in Guatemala. There he adopted his revolutionary nickname and nom de guerre of "Che", the local slang for "pal." When the revolution in Guatemala failed the following year, Che fled to Mexico where he was introduced to another Communist revolutionary in exile, Fidel Castro.

  • When was
    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara born?

    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was born on Thursday, June 14, 1928

  • Where was
    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara born?

    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argenta

  • How old was
    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara when they died?

    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was 39

  • When did Ernesto 'Che' Guevara die?

    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara died on
    Monday, October 9, 1967

  • How tall is Ernesto 'Che' Guevara?

    Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is 5'9"(1.75m)


Best Quotes

  • The monopoly capitalists - even while employing purely empirical methods - weave around art a complicated web which converts it into a willing tool. The superstructure of society ordains the type of art in which the artist has to be educated. Rebels are subdued by its machinery and only rare talents may create their own work. The rest become shameless hacks or are crushed.
  • Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.
  • Silence is argument carried out by other means.
  • At the risk of sounding ridiculous, a true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.
  • ...because it is the very nature of Imperialism to turn humans into beasts.

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