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Che Guevara
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Looking for Alaska
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- I picked up a biography of Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara—whose face adorned a poster on the wall—that Lara's roommate had on her bookshelf, then I lay down next to Lara on the bottom bunk.†
p. 128.3 *Che Guevara = Argentine revolutionary who fought with Castro in the Cuban Revolution and later became a symbol of radical left politics
- Captured by the Bolivian army, Guevara said, "Shoot, coward.†
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(Che Guevara) Argentine Marxist revolutionary who helped Fidel Castro take power in Cuba and later became a global symbol of radical leftist movements (1928-1967)Che Guevara was trained as a doctor but became a guerrilla fighter and one of Castro’s main lieutenants in the Cuban Revolution. After the revolution, he held government positions in Cuba and argued for spreading socialist revolutions to other countries. He later tried to start uprisings in Africa and then in Bolivia, where he was captured and executed by the Bolivian army.
Guevara’s image—especially the famous portrait of his face in a beret—has become an enduring symbol.
Admirers see him as a brave fighter against imperialism and injustice, while critics see him as a violent revolutionary who supported harsh methods, one-party rule, and the punishment of political opponents. -
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly, Guevara may refer to other people with that name.