Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Rosario
- Educated at
- University of Buenos Aires
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the Republic🏆 Order of Augusto César Sandino🏆 Collar of the Order of the White Lion🏆 Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"While a person dies every day during the eight or more hours in which he or she functions as a commodity, individuals come to life afterward in their spiritual creations. But this remedy bears the ger…"
"We, practical revolutionaries, initiating our own struggle, simply fulfill laws foreseen by Marx, the scientist. We are simply adjusting ourselves to the predictions of the scientific Marx as we trave…"
"The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth."
"Imperialism has been defeated in many partial battles. But it remains a considerable force in the world, and we cannot expect its final defeat save through effort and sacrifice on the part of us all."
"The task of educating and feeding youngsters, the task of educating the army, the task of distributing the lands of the former absentee landlords to those who laboured every day upon that same land wi…"
"The characteristics of the struggle, in which territory had to be given to the enemy and many years had to pass in order to achieve final victory, with fluctuations, ebb and flow, was that of a protra…"
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Timeline
1928
Born
Birth1967
Died
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