Biography
Guevara commanded a column against Batista, then left Cuba to spread armed revolution. In 1967 the Bolivian army captured him near Vallegrande and executed him the next day.
South America · 1951–1990
EC
Primary revolution
Ernesto Che Guevara
Cuban Revolution and Bolivian Guerrilla
Argentine doctor who became a commander of the Cuban Revolution and was killed in Bolivia in 1967.
Life
1928–1967
1928–1967
Place
Vallegrande, Bolivia
Vallegrande, Bolivia
Years
1956–1967
1956–1967
Map
-18.4894, -64.1096
-18.4894, -64.1096
Revolution
Theme. Guerrilla war · Internationalism
Key figures. Fidel Castro
Outcome. Victory in Cuba. Defeat and death in Bolivia.
Casualties. His Bolivian column was small. The Cuban war was much larger.
Influence. The most reproduced image of a revolutionary fighter in the twentieth century.