CHE

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (1928-1967)
Latin American Revolutionary

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara worked and studied medicine in various parts of Latin America, teaming up with Fidel Castro in 1959 to force a revolution in Cuba. After the revolution, Guevara was second only to Castro in power. In 1965 he left Cuba and travelled the world, working unsuccessfully toward Marxist/Leninist revolutions in the Congo and Bolivia. Known for his flamboyance and ruthless dedication to revolution, Guevara became an anti-capitalist icon in the 1960s. He was captured in Bolivia by U.S.-backed military forces and executed in 1967.

"To accomplish much you must first lose everything."

"Silence is argument carried out by other means."

"I would rather die standing up, then live life on my knees."