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Ernesto Guevara born in Rosario, Argentina
Ernesto Guevara was born in Rosario, Argentina on June 14, 1928. He was the oldest of five children born to Ernesto Guevara Lynch and Celia de la Serna y Llosa. -
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The Life and Times of Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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Che as a boy
Che learns how to play chess from his dad and enters to compete in tournaments. -
Che the Healer
Guevara visits Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. In Peru, he works at a leper colony treating patients. In a diary, Guevara recorded the happenings of his life while on the colony. The diary later published and became a best-selling book and the 2004 movie "Motorcycle Diaries." -
Che receives medical degree
Just two days before his 25th birthday, Guevara received his medical degree from the Universoty of Buenos Aires on June 12, 1953. -
Che goes to Guatemala
Guevara arrives in Guatemala when it was still under Jacobo Arbenz -
Che marries girlfriend
Che marries Hilda Galdea. -
The revolution continues
Che arrives in Cuba. Che would continue his journey in opposing the the goals and perceived societal detriments of capitalism and introduced the "new man" who would oppose greed and "egotism" in capitalism. -
The top of the Cuban Revolution
Guevara revolts against Batista on the ship Granma. He soon diacovered that he wold put his medical practice to the side and become a fighter. He was later appointed commander of the second army column by Fidel Castro. -
Che receives bank appointment
Guevara is appointed to the National Bank of Cuba as President. He was also the Minister of Finance for Cuba. -
Che becomes Cuban citizen
Che Receives the Cuban nationality and considered to be a Cuban citizen by birth. -
Che makes final speech
This would be Guevara's last public speech in Algeria before he dies just two years later. -
Che attempts to structure coup in Congo
Believed to have helped organize starting April 24 1965 a failed coup in Congo. -
Castro announces Guevara's resignation
Fidel Castro announced that Guevara officially resigned from his posts in Cuba and renounced his citizenship. He also told the masses that Guevara was off to establsih other revolutions. Rumors circulated that Castro and Guevara had severed ties because of perceived associations with China on Guevara's part and Castro's supposed support of the USSR. -
Che captured
Captured by Bolivian special forces lead by CIA Agent Felix Rodriguez -
Che is executed by Bolivan forces.
Che is executed in a schoolhouse in La Higuera in Bolivia.
