You think Fidel's FUNNY? Whattabout ME? That's the caption for the graphic file: chepalhaco.jpg It's another weirdclipart.com popular image, from the Weird Folks Archive, featuring drawings and pictures of people who are just downright weird! Che Guevara's real name was ERNESTO GUEVARA (1928-67), a Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist, who became a hero to the New Left radicals of the 1960s. Born into a middle-class family in Rosario, Argentina, Che Guevara received a medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 1953. Convinced that revolution was the only remedy for Latin America's social inequities, in 1954 Che Guevara went to Mexico, where he joined exiled Cuban revolutionaries under Fidel Castro. In the late 1950s, Che Guevara played an important role in Castro's guerrilla war against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, and when Castro came to power, he served as Cuba's minister of industry (1961-65). A strong opponent of U.S. influence in the Third World, Che Guevara helped guide the Castro regime on its leftward and pro-Communist path. The author of two books on guerrilla warfare, Che Guevara advocated peasant-based revolutionary movements in the developing countries. Che Guevara disappeared from Cuba in 1965, reappearing the following year as an insurgent leader in Bolivia. Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian army and shot near Vallegrande on Oct. 9, 1967.

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Che Guevara's real name was ERNESTO GUEVARA (1928-67), a Latin American guerrilla leader and
revolutionary theorist, who became a hero to the New Left radicals of the 1960s.
Born into a middle-class family in Rosario, Argentina, Che Guevara received a medical degree
from the University of Buenos Aires in 1953.
Convinced that revolution was the only remedy for Latin America's social inequities,
in 1954 Che Guevara went to Mexico, where he joined exiled Cuban revolutionaries under Fidel Castro.
In the late 1950s, Che Guevara played an important role in Castro's guerrilla war against Cuban
dictator Fulgencio Batista, and when Castro came to power, he served as Cuba's minister
of industry (1961-65). A strong opponent of U.S. influence in the Third World, Che Guevara helped
guide the Castro regime on its leftward and pro-Communist path.
The author of two books on guerrilla warfare, Che Guevara advocated peasant-based
revolutionary movements in the developing countries. Che Guevara disappeared from Cuba
in 1965, reappearing the following year as an insurgent leader in Bolivia.
Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian army and shot near Vallegrande on Oct. 9, 1967.