Che Guevara
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| Ernesto Guevara de la Serna | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 14, 1928 Rosario, Argentina |
| Died | October 9, 1967 La Higuera, Bolivia |
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 - October 9, 1967) was a follower of Karl Marx and a doctor who was born in Argentina. He led many soldiers in Cuba. He is commonly called Che Guevara or El Che.
When he was in college, he learned about medicine. While he learned, he traveled and saw how poor some people were. He started to think that only fighting could solve this.
Later, he fought for Fidel Castro in Cuba and helped place the Communist government in power in 1959. In 1965 he helped to start in Congo-Kinshasa and Bolivia. The Bolivian Army executed him in 1967.
