Guevara left Cuba in 1965 to foment continental revolutions across both Africa and South America, first unsuccessfully in Congo-Kinshasa and later in Bolivia, where he was captured by CIA-assisted Bolivian forces and summarily executed. His experiences and studying of Marxism–Leninism led him to posit that the Third World's underdevelopment and dependence was an intrinsic result of imperialism, neocolonialism, and monopoly capitalism, with the only remedies being proletarian internationalism and world revolution. Additionally, Guevara was a prolific writer and diarist, composing a seminal guerrilla warfare manual, along with a best-selling memoir about his youthful continental motorcycle journey. Such positions also allowed him to play a central role in training the militia forces who repelled the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and bringing Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles to Cuba, which preceded the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. These included reviewing the appeals and firing squads for those convicted as war criminals during the revolutionary tribunals, instituting agrarian land reform as Minister of Industries, helping spearhead a successful nationwide literacy campaign, serving as both President of the National Bank and instructional director for Cuba's armed forces, and traversing the globe as a diplomat on behalf of Cuban socialism. Īfter the Cuban Revolution, Guevara played key roles in the new government. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the two-year guerrilla campaign that deposed the Batista regime. Later in Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. His burgeoning desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the United States prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Árbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow at the behest of the United Fruit Company solidified Guevara's political ideology. Īs a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.Ernesto 'Che ' Guevara ( Spanish: 14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. 3 There are several books based on her life, including a children’s book and her autobiography. Among her many honors, she received a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, received the American National Medal of the Arts, was the subject of a BBC documentary, and the subject of a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Smithsonian, which has several wardrobe items from Celia Cruz’s stage performances on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC. She acted in two Hollywood films, The Mambo Kings and The Perez Family, as well as several Mexican telenovelas. 2 Through her career she made over 76 records won three Grammys and four Latin Grammys and collaborated with a diverse range of musicians including salsa stars Tito Puente, Willie Collin, and Johnny Pacheco as well as soul performers Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle, alternative rocker David Byrne, hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean, and even famed tenor Luciano Pavarotti. 1 At the time of her death in 2003, she was the undisputed Queen of Salsa, mourned by fans throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

Born Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso on October 21, 1924, in Havana, Cuba, Celia Cruz would go on to have a 60-yearlong musical performance and recording career.

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