Cadavere di che guevara biography

Che Guevara  ©Che Guevara was an Argentinean-born, Cuban revolutionary leader who became a left-wing hero.

Cadavere di che guevara biography

A photograph of him by Alberto Korda became an iconic image of the 20th century.

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, known as Che Guevara, was born on 14 June in Rosario, Argentina into a middle-class family. He studied medicine at Buenos Aires University and during this time travelled widely in South and Central America.

The widespread poverty and oppression he witnessed, fused with his interest in Marxism, convinced him that the only solution to South and Central America's problems was armed revolution.

In he went to Mexico and the following year he met Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

Guevara joined Castro's '26th July Movement' and played a key role in the eventual success of its guerrilla war against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Castro overthrew Batista in and took power in Cuba. From , Guevara was president of the National Bank of Cuba,