Latin American Hero Most Famous For Aiding Fidel Castro in the Communist revolution of Cuba in 1959 Overseeing political prisoners following the revolution in Cuba Initiating the relationship between Cuba and the Soviets ID: 605294
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Che Guevara
Latin American HeroSlide2
Most Famous For . . .
Aiding Fidel Castro in the Communist revolution of Cuba in 1959.Overseeing political prisoners following the revolution in Cuba.
Initiating the relationship between Cuba and the Soviets
Attempting to spread Communism throughout Latin America.Slide3
Early Life
Born into the aristocracy of Argentina.Studied to become a doctor.
After graduation, spent eight months traveling Latin America.
Met Castro in 1955.Slide4
Relationship with Castro
Once described as . . . “It was like Lenin and Trotsky, like Hitler and Goebbels, lie Mao Tse
-Tung and Zhu De” (Geyer).Slide5
Relationship with the Soviets
Initially, Che
influenced Castro to align himself with the Soviets against the U.S.
After the Soviets removed the missiles following the Cuban missile crisis,
Che
began undermining the authority of the Soviets by blatantly describing them as a contributor to imperialism.Slide6
Remainder of His Life
Vietnam, the Congo, back to Cuba, then to Argentina, and finally Bolivia.Unable to successfully lead revolutions.
Disillusioned, he was cut off from Castro.
1967 – CIA trained Bolivian Rangers capture and kill
Che
.Slide7
After Death . . .
Seen as a hero/martyr for the movement against imperialism in Latin America.