Ernesto Che Guevara

Born into a middle class Argentine family, Ernesto “Che” Guevara became one of the most important revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. As a young student, he traveled around South America (a trip this book details), observing the rampant poverty and class oppression suffered by most of its people. Subsequently, Ernesto traveled to Guatemala and became involved in social reform there, only to see his efforts thwarted by a United States-supported coup that replaced a liberal president with a much more conservative one. Because of these experiences, Guevara became a radical Communist and devoted his life to fighting capitalism and imperialism. In the 1950s, he participated in the Cuban Revolution that installed Fidel Castro in power.  Later, he attempted similar revolutions in the Congo and Bolivia. In 1967, CIA-assisted Bolivian armed forces captured Guevara and killed him.