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Ernesto Che Guevara
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Ernesto che guevara was born in June 14, 1928, Rosario, Argentina. Che was
part of castros plans to take over the batista government. Che Served as Military
advisor to castro and led guerrilla troops against the batista government. Later he
became the president of the cuban national bank. Che studied Medicine all around the
south american. He saw all this poverty and the bad conditions people were living in.
Che blame it on imperialism and capitalism. Che thought the only solution was
communism.
He abandon medicine, Because he believed in that a revolution could bring the
people of south america justice. In 1955 che was married and living in mexico when he
met Fidel castro and his brother Raul. who was planning to overthrow the batista
government. With a small armed force in the december 2, 1956 landed in cuba. Che
would serve as castro primary adviser and to lead their guerrilla forces to attack the
batista regime.
When Fidel castro took control of cuba in january 1959 he placed che in charge
of the La Cabana prison. Che in the 1960s acted as an ambassador for cuba. He would
establish relations with countries mostly the Soviet Union. This was important during
Bay of pigs invasion and the Cuba missile crisis. Che delivered a speech to the United
Nations in 1964. He condemned U.S. foreign policy and the apartheid in South Africa.
Che left cuba because cuba's economy was in shambles. He wanted to export his
revolutionary ideas in other parts of the world.
After returning to cuba he departed for bolivia with small forces of rebels where he got
captured by the bolivian army and was killed in La Higuera on october 9, 1967.