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10/9/2008, 06:00 AM
October 9, 1967: Professional revolutionary "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia
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31 years ago, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, better known to the world as "Che" Guevara, is executed by Bolivian armed forces on this day in 1967. Born in Argentina and raised in a wealthy family, he studied medicine and became a physician but later got bored.
He then became involved in the Guatemalan revolution of the 1950s. It was during this time that he discovered Marxism and became a fervent convert to the philosophy.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4762/chepp4gr0kq.jpg
In the beginning he was a jolly, happy Marxist
Following the overthrow of the Guatemalan government by a U.S.-sponsored coup in 1954, Guevara traveled to Mexico where he joined up with Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
In 1956, Castro, Guevara, and a small band of supporters landed in Cuba intent on overthrowing its government. When the initial attack did not succeed, Che joined Castro and the survivors in the wilds of Cuba, carrying on a guerilla war. In 1959, the Cuban government fell and Castro seized power. Guevara was put in charge of finance and economic planning for the revolutionary government. In 1960 he published Guerilla Warfare, in which he argued that armed struggle was necessary to free the masses from capitalistic exploitation.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3074/chepp6gr1vb.jpg
"Hey, this revolution stuff is hard. After you take over, you actually have to run the country and make sure everyone has a enough to eat and stuff"
Eventually, Castro became fearful of Guevara's growing popularity among Cuban Marxists and believed he was a threat to Castro's supreme dictatorial power.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/157/chefidelkiggerdybt4fe.jpg
Numero Uno telling Numero Dos a thing or two
No one outside of Cuba knows exactly how it went down, but Guevara was allowed to leave Cuba and he turned up in Bolivia where he began to agitate for revolution. Bolivian government authorities managed to catch him and on this day in 1967 shot him in the head. LBJ was reportedly delighted at the news BTW -- our CIA probably had a little to do with the Bolivian's ability to pretty quickly finger Guevara shortly after his arrival in their country.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3378/chepp8gr8sv.jpg
Epilogue:
I'm quite sure most young people wearing t-shirts with Guevara's image have no idea WTF he was. There is a bit of delicious irony in the fact capitalistic merchants the world over have made a ton putting the most popular symbol of "rebellious youth personified" on things -- most often t-shirts, yet neither Che's estate nor his causes ever got a peso out of the millions made since he was shot between the eyes in Bolivia on this day.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8703/insane7zocy5.jpg
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1356/cheguevararebellious14jun030yz.gif
31 years ago, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, better known to the world as "Che" Guevara, is executed by Bolivian armed forces on this day in 1967. Born in Argentina and raised in a wealthy family, he studied medicine and became a physician but later got bored.
He then became involved in the Guatemalan revolution of the 1950s. It was during this time that he discovered Marxism and became a fervent convert to the philosophy.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4762/chepp4gr0kq.jpg
In the beginning he was a jolly, happy Marxist
Following the overthrow of the Guatemalan government by a U.S.-sponsored coup in 1954, Guevara traveled to Mexico where he joined up with Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
In 1956, Castro, Guevara, and a small band of supporters landed in Cuba intent on overthrowing its government. When the initial attack did not succeed, Che joined Castro and the survivors in the wilds of Cuba, carrying on a guerilla war. In 1959, the Cuban government fell and Castro seized power. Guevara was put in charge of finance and economic planning for the revolutionary government. In 1960 he published Guerilla Warfare, in which he argued that armed struggle was necessary to free the masses from capitalistic exploitation.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3074/chepp6gr1vb.jpg
"Hey, this revolution stuff is hard. After you take over, you actually have to run the country and make sure everyone has a enough to eat and stuff"
Eventually, Castro became fearful of Guevara's growing popularity among Cuban Marxists and believed he was a threat to Castro's supreme dictatorial power.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/157/chefidelkiggerdybt4fe.jpg
Numero Uno telling Numero Dos a thing or two
No one outside of Cuba knows exactly how it went down, but Guevara was allowed to leave Cuba and he turned up in Bolivia where he began to agitate for revolution. Bolivian government authorities managed to catch him and on this day in 1967 shot him in the head. LBJ was reportedly delighted at the news BTW -- our CIA probably had a little to do with the Bolivian's ability to pretty quickly finger Guevara shortly after his arrival in their country.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3378/chepp8gr8sv.jpg
Epilogue:
I'm quite sure most young people wearing t-shirts with Guevara's image have no idea WTF he was. There is a bit of delicious irony in the fact capitalistic merchants the world over have made a ton putting the most popular symbol of "rebellious youth personified" on things -- most often t-shirts, yet neither Che's estate nor his causes ever got a peso out of the millions made since he was shot between the eyes in Bolivia on this day.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8703/insane7zocy5.jpg