Being a bio-science student then,
I always wondered who Che Guevara was, since my college days. I thought that he
was some kind of music rock star or some Hollywood celebrity. I noticed his
images on almost everything, right starting from t-shirts to blotches and magazines.
His images were mostly used for commercial purposes and even I was
gifted with a blotch with his image on by my closest friend.
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His motorcycle expedition around
Latin America caught his attention on the injustices of the miners and common
people, since then he got to be the anti-imperialist, which he desired to be one. He too had a love story
to which he got married thrice and had about five children.
Che leading a prosaic lifestyle, had
been successful in enforcing the famous Guerilla warfare with his friend Fidel
Castro. Since then Che became an outstanding guerilla fighter and got promoted
to a commandant, top ranked post in Guerilla warfare. The guerilla force has brought revolution in Cuba
and Congo, where the force had gained some public support. Che had held some
great posts such as president of Central bank of Cuba, Minister of Industry and
the Head of Cuban Mission in Asia, Europe and South American countries. He even
spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on the crisis in the Congo.
Che and his forces had a successful revolution
in Congo and Cuba but his Guerilla forces failed in bringing the revolution in Bolivia.
Later, while establishing his core camp in Bolivia, he was captured in 1967 and
then executed by the Bolivian armies and authoritarians despite the US CIA
protest against his execution. Bolivian government although had a tough time deciding
the fate of Che, they somehow with some reasonable sense had Che shot in the prison. To
the general public, the government revealed that Che died of the wounds that he
acquired during the Guerilla warfare. So for around some decades, none knew
about Che burial until the discovery of his burial remains in 1997 in Bolivia and thus
the remains were returned to Cuba.
The Times Magazine included Che as the one of the most influential 100
people of the 20th century. Even to these days many leaders in Latin
America and others pays homage and tribute to Che and some leaders has also adopted
to follow Che’s anti-imperialist ideologies. Nowadays his images are found in
almost all around the world with the impression on many surfaces. With his heroic
looks and his historic actions, he still tends to be an inspiration to many
younger generations around the world. He was an intrepid leader! Che is a great source of inspiration to me!
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either someone has too much to write or may be running out of things to write about. i am jus kidding. keep 'em coming :)
ReplyDeleteIn fact I am inspired by this man, after reading his biography I thought of highlighting it in order to feed my inspiration. :)
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ReplyDeleteJust read through few of your posts and I might say, quite impressive. :D
Thank you
DeleteHe is really great, I also like this man including his heroic look as you say
ReplyDeleteOf course he is great.
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