Che Gueveara: Man or Myth

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Ernesto Guevara: Man or Myth?



Imagine trekking through the dense jungles of Bolivia with terrible asthma, fighting to liberate the oppressed poor of the nation. Now imagine being captured by the Bolivian army. Imagine being interrogated, tortured and then executed. Ernesto Guevara faced these conditions throughout his entire time as a guerilla fighter. Many people have mixed views on this man. Has he become more of a myth than a talented revolutionary? Neither “Che” nor his use of guerilla was tactics were vital to the Cuban revolution.

Many events in Guevara’s early life inspired him to be the person he became. Ernesto “Che” Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. His parents, Celia de la Serna and Ernesto Lynch, were known to be very militant to the dictator of the time, Juan Peron. To say the least, Guevara found himself in a very politicized environment. By the age of two “Che” was suffering from severe asthma. This only ma...