Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a doctor and revolutionary in Bolivia, was assassinated by the American CIA for many political reasons, thus becoming a legend and idol after the Latin American Revolution. In the United States Che is remembered only as a relic of the 1960 revolution. In Europe he became a pop icon among the youth with little or no historical reference. Only in Cuba does his legacy stand for the hope and faith of the Latin American people.
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born June 14, 1928, in the town of Rosario, Argentina. His father's name was Ernesto Guevara Lynch, and his mothers name was Celia de la Serna. He had two sisters, Celia and Ana, and two brothers, Roberto and Juan Martin. Early in Che's life he developed a severe case of asthma from which he suffered for the rest of his life. Later as he grew up, he learned to hurtle past pain, leaving it behind in some half-helpless disarray (Franklin 13). His primary education was......
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