Monday, February 25, 2008

Who was Che Guevara?


As a young man studying medicine.


Guevara travelled rough throughout South Amercan bringing him into direct contact with the impoverished conditions in which many people particularly the indigenous lived. peasantry


In Mexico in 1956, Guevara joined Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July movements, which fought a guerrilla war and ultimately seized power from the regime of the U.S.supported Cuban dictator General Fulgencio Batista in 1959.


After serving in various important posts in the new government, touring the world and meeting with leaders on behalf of Cuban socialism.



After his death, Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary movements worldwide.