Ernesto "Che" Guevara was a Marxist revolutionary, politician, author, physician, military theorist, and guerrilla leader from Argentina. He was inspired by poets and writers to see armed revolution as a solution to social inequality. He traveled throughout South America and joined Fidel Castro's rebel army in Cuba's revolution. As a key leader, he helped Castro take control of Cuba and establish communist rule. Guevara later left Cuba to spread revolution in other countries, but was eventually captured and executed in Bolivia in 1967. Though controversial, he remains a beloved icon for his revolutionary ideals and commitment to helping the poor.

1. ERNESTO ´´CHE´´ GUEVARA
Rasmus Laan

2. CHE GUEVARA
Marxist revolutionary

 politician
 author
 physician
 military theorist
 guerrilla leader
 A medic

3. EARLY LIFE
June 14, 1928 in

Rosario, Argentina
 Father was a supporter of
Republicans
 A great athlete
 passionate about poetry and
reading
 A trip through South America

4. EXAMPLES AND MODELS
Poetry
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 Bertrand Russell on love and patriotism
 Jack London on society
 Nietzsche on the idea of death

5. REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS
He saw armed revolution as the solution to

social inequality
 Travelled again through South America
 Became friend with Fidel Castro
 He came in close contact with poverty,
hunger and disease

6. REVOLUTION IN CUBA
quot;the best guerrilla of them

all“
 November 25, 1956
 Guevara became an
essential part of the rebel
army
 Santa Clara on New Year´s
Eve 1958
 Havana On January 8, 1959

7. CAPTURE AND EXECUTION
quot;Do not shoot! I am Che Guevara and worth

more to you alive than dead.“
 Guevara was tied up and taken to a
dilapidated mud schoolhouse on the night of
October 7
 Che as looking dreadful
 Guevara was killed on October 9

9. LEGACY
Nelson Mandela referred to him as quot;an

inspiration for every human being who loves
freedom“
 quot;not only an intellectual but also the most
complete human being of our age.“
 Beloved national hero to many in Cuba

10. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara
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 www.che-lives.com/
 www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDgueva
ra.htm