Tell me all you know about Che Guevara.

[LostInAnomie]

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[mr_hat]

1. Wore a Rolex. Made a great poster. Oh, and the beret.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. Looked a lot like Che Guevara, Drove a Diesel Van

[mr_hat]

4. Kept his gun in quiet seclusion

Such a humble man. LOL!

[elperromagico]

3. Che Stadium in New York is named for him.

[Gyre]

5. he's dead

and looked pretty damned good in a beret. Probably pals w/ Fidel too. LA history not my strong suit obviously.

Gyre

[JimmyJazz]

7. "probably pals with Fidel" - he helped over throw the Batista

government and put Fidel in power - he was closer to Fidel during the revolution that Fidel's own brother.

He was a medical doctor who suffered from asthma - he got his political passion because he was in Guatamala at the time of the CIA backed coup of that government.


He considered himself to be a Marxist, but was really a communist - he admired Mao.

[progmom]

9. Look at you!!

...little Miss I Know Important Stuff About Historic Figures!!

[JimmyJazz]

11. Why thank you darling - I'm not *just* a clashified lizard!

I do read, ya know :P

[name not needed]

6. Killed in Bolivia in 1967

Left Cuba in 65. Was a medical student in Mexico. The ironing is delicious. Communist icon's image being peddled by capitalist corporations.

[Vanje]

8. The bastards killed him

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[Senior citizen]

13. Hmmmm......was that the same bastards that killed

JFK, MLK, and numerous others?

Are those the same bastards John Perkins refers to in "Confessions of an Economic Hitman," when he says that if the economic hitmen fail, the REAL hitmen step in?

No tinfoilhat here--just wondering if there are different bastards, or if all death squads have the same corporate paymasters.

[Bridget Burke]

21. Yes. No tinfoil hat at all.

On October 9th, 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara was put to death by Bolivian soldiers, trained, equipped and guided by U.S. Green Beret and CIA operatives.

www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB5/

His revolutionary foray into Bolivia was a dismal failure. He was wounded & captured. A Bolivian soldier shot him on direct orders from a Cuban-American CIA operative, Félix Rodríguez. According to some versions of the story, the US wanted him alive; plans were to send him to Panama for interrogation. (Those pesky US laws against torture.)

[Philosophy]

10. Do you mean Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna?

:dunce:

[Neoma]

12. Helped the little guys.

Smoked cigars....had a beard...
Is a communist..
Went on a motorcycle all over the place.

umm....

[candy]

14. He got the old shaft from Fidel.

[jonnyblitz]

15. he had asthma . nt

[RagingInMiami]

16. And that guy who took that famous photo

never got paid a dime, according to a recent article I read.

[Placebo]

17. Commie. Terrorist.

'nuff said.

[Bridget Burke]

22. What Terrorist acts did he carry out?

He helped win a War in Cuba. He fought elsewhere. No, he was not a pacifist. But what did he do that you consider "terrorist".

Considering all that's been written about him--"nuff said" is quite incorrect.

[mrbill]

18. a good beginnig is the film, "motorcycle diaries".....

an excellent movie of ernesto as a youngster in his formative years.

then read "reminiscences of the cuban revolutionat war" by che guevera.

many in south america consider che to be a saint.

[Telly Savalas]

19. One of the most popular t-shirt brands these days

[ben_packard]

20. Argentine originally NT

[Enraged_Ape]

23. 50% of all liberals don't know how to pronounce his first name

They either say "Shay" or "Chay". Someone's got to be wrong.