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Photo of a Che Guevara statue at the site of his death in Bolivia.
Che Guevara statue at the site of his death in Bolivia.

Che Guevara was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader.

Guevara was a member of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, which seized power in Cuba in 1959. After the revolution Guevara became second only to Fidel Castro in the new government of Cuba.Photo credit: Augusto Starita