Che Guevara Biography, Facts, Quotes, History

Ernesto Guevara was born to Ernesto Guevara Lynch and Celia de la Serna y Llosa, on 14 June 1928, in Rosario, Argentina. Although the legal name on his birth certificate was “Ernesto Guevara”, his name sometimes appears with “de la Serna” and/or “Lynch” accompanying it.

Che Guevara Biography

Guevara became an integral part of the rebel army and “convinced Castro with competence, diplomacy, and patience”.Guevara set up factories to make grenades, built ovens to bake bread, and organized schools to teach illiterate Campesinos to read and write.

Moreover, Guevara established health clinics, workshops to teach military tactics, and a newspaper to disseminate information.  The man whom Time dubbed three years later “Castro’s brain” at this point was promoted by Fidel Castro to Comandante (commander) of a second army column.

As second in command, Guevara was a harsh disciplinarian who sometimes shot defectors. Deserters were punished as traitors, and Guevara was known to send squads to track those seeking to go AWOL.  As a result, Guevara became feared for his brutality and ruthlessness

Che Guevara Facts

1. If Che Guevara hadn’t become interested in Latin American politics, he might have become a wonderful physician. Before quitting school to travel on his motorcycle, he studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires.
2. Guevara remains a national hero in Cuba, where his image adorns the 3 peso banknote.
3. It can be hard for many people to think of Che Guevara sitting down at a desk to crunch numbers. The fact is that Guevara technically worked in the financial world after he was given the role of Finance Minister and appointed as the head of the National Bank of Cuba.
4. Che Guevara’s image is viewed as everything from an inspirational icon of revolution, to a retro and vintage logo. His photos are on the stamps of Russia, Argentina, and Cuba.

Che Guevara Quotes

1 “Silence is argument carried out by other means.” Che Guevara

2. “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” Che Guevara

3. “The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.” Che Guevara

4. “I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.” Che Guevara

5 “The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.” Che Guevara

6 “One must endure without losing tenderness.” Che Guevara

7. “Above all, try to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world.” Che Guevara

Che Guevara History

Che Guevara was a major communist figure during the Cuban Revolution who later became a South American guerrilla leader. He was executed by the Bolivian army in 1967 and is revered as a martyred hero by generations of lefties around the world. Guevara’s picture has become a popular symbol of anti-imperialism and leftist radicalism.