Che Guevara: Revolutionary HeroEssay title: Che Guevara: Revolutionary HeroA man. A revolutionary. A Hero.What defines a hero? Is it their ability to live longer than the common man? Is it their ability to pick themselves and others up when theyve fallen? Is it their belief? That they will shed blood? That they will die for their cause? Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna, commonly known as Che Guevara, was a Cuban guerilla leader and a Marxist revolutionary who lived from June 14, 1928 to October 9, 1967. He died fighting for the revolution, for the ordinary man, for the ordinary peasants, for the ordinary people.
During the 1940s to 1960s, Che Guevara was among the revolutionaries in Cuba, including Fidel Castro and other leaders. He traveled broadly, giving speeches and preaching his ideals of guerilla warfare and equality by socialism. He was a Marxist and wanted freedom for the peasants. After fighting to a position of power though, Che Guevara began to see Cuba, like the USSR, as simply another situation where some had power and others did not. Renouncing his citizenship and his rank, Che Guevara traveled to South America and to Vietnam, continuing to preach his message of revolution. (Wikipedia “Che Guevara” 1-7) He began a Bolivian guerilla campaign, during which he met his death in an abandoned schoolhouse. He was gunned down by CIA-trained Bolivian officers. (Kornbluh Declassified Che 1) However, through his death, he emerged as something greater. Che Guevara has emerged as or has become an icon of the revolution in the 20th and 21st centuries. Through the course of his life,
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In 1976, Che Guevara was born in a family of five children, which went on until his death in 1984. Since this date, a large number of other revolutionaries have been born in Venezuela. Among them are many who came to the United States as children. Some were the youngest of seven children, while many had just finished school. Other names are unknown, such as the Venezuelan Hugo Chávez, Elio Tintoreso, and Nene Azaade.
Che Guevara did not become a revolutionary after having served as a political prisoner since 1983, but it is difficult to know how he was able to work there. He left at a young age in a refugee camp in Cuba. However, he did join the Bolivian Communist Party, which was in power there by his late wife, Elio Tintoreso. (Azaade, 7) During the 1980s, the movement in Venezuela had already experienced a large revival in the 21st century, as it is considered to be the first ever revolution. Among those the Bolivians held the majority of power were former President Chávez, Hugo Chávez, the former Prime Minister Vicente Fox, and the former Prime Ministers, Llewellyn Payne and Henry Kissinger. The Bolivians had been fighting in Venezuela for decades, and after the overthrow of Chavez, they began giving the country its independence. In 1981, Bolivian officials announced a nationwide national revolution against the United States, which led immediately to the arrest of six politicians and four cabinet ministers.[6] The coup was officially put on hold by the Bolivian government; in February, on the 22nd, the United States accused Venezuela of supporting human rights abuses. However, when the United States announced that Hugo Chávez was not president by the end of March, the Bolivian president, Leopoldo Lopez Porfirio, called to inform about the coup.[3] In May, Chávez sent a letter to Chavez, requesting protection and the transfer of assets. He issued a letter of release and warned that the Bolivians, “will give a strong defense for our people and the government, by guaranteeing you the best opportunities to work, and to participate in our activities.”[20] In September, Venezuelan foreign minister Lourdes Rios called Venezuela’s government a “humanitarian dictatorship”, “inhumane against all the people,” and a “false dictatorship committed by a false dictator.”[6] In September 1986 Venezuelan President Fulgencio Batista made several statements in which he accused Batista of using people to overthrow his government. In the days since 1989, Venezuela’s international support and membership of the Bolivian Communist Party had been greatly enlarged. Between 1987/88 and 1989, almost all of Venezuela’s people joined its Communist Party, including some of those in its early 50s.[6] This expansion of support for its revolutionary leaders to the Bolivians may have created more problems for Chavez as well. Chavez was a member of Latin American Communist Party (CPP) for nearly three decades, having served as head of the main communist organization, Latin American Socialist Party (PSUV), from 1981-1990. During Chavez’s last years as president in 2002, he was also arrested in the country’s largest city, Caracas. He was later released and given immunity from extradition, but was sent back to Spain to stand trial, which he declined. A later hearing before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 2011 confirmed what had been reported by many others. Since then, there have been multiple reports of “tremendous repression” against supporters of the Bolivian socialist movement in Venezuela. (In January 2012, the United Nations Inter
Venezuela
In 1976, Che Guevara was born in a family of five children, which went on until his death in 1984. Since this date, a large number of other revolutionaries have been born in Venezuela. Among them are many who came to the United States as children. Some were the youngest of seven children, while many had just finished school. Other names are unknown, such as the Venezuelan Hugo Chávez, Elio Tintoreso, and Nene Azaade.
Che Guevara did not become a revolutionary after having served as a political prisoner since 1983, but it is difficult to know how he was able to work there. He left at a young age in a refugee camp in Cuba. However, he did join the Bolivian Communist Party, which was in power there by his late wife, Elio Tintoreso. (Azaade, 7) During the 1980s, the movement in Venezuela had already experienced a large revival in the 21st century, as it is considered to be the first ever revolution. Among those the Bolivians held the majority of power were former President Chávez, Hugo Chávez, the former Prime Minister Vicente Fox, and the former Prime Ministers, Llewellyn Payne and Henry Kissinger. The Bolivians had been fighting in Venezuela for decades, and after the overthrow of Chavez, they began giving the country its independence. In 1981, Bolivian officials announced a nationwide national revolution against the United States, which led immediately to the arrest of six politicians and four cabinet ministers.[6] The coup was officially put on hold by the Bolivian government; in February, on the 22nd, the United States accused Venezuela of supporting human rights abuses. However, when the United States announced that Hugo Chávez was not president by the end of March, the Bolivian president, Leopoldo Lopez Porfirio, called to inform about the coup.[3] In May, Chávez sent a letter to Chavez, requesting protection and the transfer of assets. He issued a letter of release and warned that the Bolivians, “will give a strong defense for our people and the government, by guaranteeing you the best opportunities to work, and to participate in our activities.”[20] In September, Venezuelan foreign minister Lourdes Rios called Venezuela’s government a “humanitarian dictatorship”, “inhumane against all the people,” and a “false dictatorship committed by a false dictator.”[6] In September 1986 Venezuelan President Fulgencio Batista made several statements in which he accused Batista of using people to overthrow his government. In the days since 1989, Venezuela’s international support and membership of the Bolivian Communist Party had been greatly enlarged. Between 1987/88 and 1989, almost all of Venezuela’s people joined its Communist Party, including some of those in its early 50s.[6] This expansion of support for its revolutionary leaders to the Bolivians may have created more problems for Chavez as well. Chavez was a member of Latin American Communist Party (CPP) for nearly three decades, having served as head of the main communist organization, Latin American Socialist Party (PSUV), from 1981-1990. During Chavez’s last years as president in 2002, he was also arrested in the country’s largest city, Caracas. He was later released and given immunity from extradition, but was sent back to Spain to stand trial, which he declined. A later hearing before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 2011 confirmed what had been reported by many others. Since then, there have been multiple reports of “tremendous repression” against supporters of the Bolivian socialist movement in Venezuela. (In January 2012, the United Nations Inter
Venezuela
In 1976, Che Guevara was born in a family of five children, which went on until his death in 1984. Since this date, a large number of other revolutionaries have been born in Venezuela. Among them are many who came to the United States as children. Some were the youngest of seven children, while many had just finished school. Other names are unknown, such as the Venezuelan Hugo Chávez, Elio Tintoreso, and Nene Azaade.
Che Guevara did not become a revolutionary after having served as a political prisoner since 1983, but it is difficult to know how he was able to work there. He left at a young age in a refugee camp in Cuba. However, he did join the Bolivian Communist Party, which was in power there by his late wife, Elio Tintoreso. (Azaade, 7) During the 1980s, the movement in Venezuela had already experienced a large revival in the 21st century, as it is considered to be the first ever revolution. Among those the Bolivians held the majority of power were former President Chávez, Hugo Chávez, the former Prime Minister Vicente Fox, and the former Prime Ministers, Llewellyn Payne and Henry Kissinger. The Bolivians had been fighting in Venezuela for decades, and after the overthrow of Chavez, they began giving the country its independence. In 1981, Bolivian officials announced a nationwide national revolution against the United States, which led immediately to the arrest of six politicians and four cabinet ministers.[6] The coup was officially put on hold by the Bolivian government; in February, on the 22nd, the United States accused Venezuela of supporting human rights abuses. However, when the United States announced that Hugo Chávez was not president by the end of March, the Bolivian president, Leopoldo Lopez Porfirio, called to inform about the coup.[3] In May, Chávez sent a letter to Chavez, requesting protection and the transfer of assets. He issued a letter of release and warned that the Bolivians, “will give a strong defense for our people and the government, by guaranteeing you the best opportunities to work, and to participate in our activities.”[20] In September, Venezuelan foreign minister Lourdes Rios called Venezuela’s government a “humanitarian dictatorship”, “inhumane against all the people,” and a “false dictatorship committed by a false dictator.”[6] In September 1986 Venezuelan President Fulgencio Batista made several statements in which he accused Batista of using people to overthrow his government. In the days since 1989, Venezuela’s international support and membership of the Bolivian Communist Party had been greatly enlarged. Between 1987/88 and 1989, almost all of Venezuela’s people joined its Communist Party, including some of those in its early 50s.[6] This expansion of support for its revolutionary leaders to the Bolivians may have created more problems for Chavez as well. Chavez was a member of Latin American Communist Party (CPP) for nearly three decades, having served as head of the main communist organization, Latin American Socialist Party (PSUV), from 1981-1990. During Chavez’s last years as president in 2002, he was also arrested in the country’s largest city, Caracas. He was later released and given immunity from extradition, but was sent back to Spain to stand trial, which he declined. A later hearing before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 2011 confirmed what had been reported by many others. Since then, there have been multiple reports of “tremendous repression” against supporters of the Bolivian socialist movement in Venezuela. (In January 2012, the United Nations Inter