HISTORY WORKSHOP

THE DEATH OF “EL CHE GUEVARA”

By Juan Andres Deville

Introduction

 In this history workshop, I wrote a short

summary of El Che Guevara’s death and how
it influenced both his previous followers and
the whole world alike, and, in essence, what
his death meant.
General Overview

 Ernesto Guevara, popularly known as "Che

Guevara", was born in Rosario, Argentina, on June
14, 1928 and throughout his life he had several
professions, among which are doctor, politician,
military, writer and journalist. Towards the end of
his life, Che Guevara became not only an
Argentine-Cuban revolutionary and one of the
most important ideologues and commanders of
the Cuban Revolution, but he was a symbol of
rebellion, anticonformism, socialism, communism,
and Marxism that today is acknowledged by many
followers who support his ideals.
The Che Guevara’s Death

 El Che, having already finished the revolution

in Cuba, decided that a confrontation in the
third world countries was necessary, and so he
continued to install revolutionary guerrilla foci
in them. These were all in Latin America, and
between 1965 and 1967 Che fought himself in
the Congo and in Bolivia, and in the latter was
captured and executed clandestinely and
summarily by the Bolivian army in
collaboration with the CIA on October 9, 1967 .
Some Specifications

 More specifically, in the battle of the Quebrada

de Churo, thanks to being wounded by a bullet
in the left leg, he could be forcefully captured
and transferred along with Simón Cuba
Sanabria, another Bolivian guerrilla,
subordinated of Che, to the school of Fig trees
where they were simultaneously executed.
His Death Announcement

 On October 9, 1967, the death of Che was

announced by the Bolivian government, saying
that he had died the previous day in combat,
but at the same time saying this, the president
gave the order to execute him, the second news
being given days later.
What His Death Meant

 Both the fact of having died fighting and being

executed clandestinely and helplessly aroused
furor in his followers, marking more the differences
between them and the opponents of Che. The
movements against conformism were greatly
increased as well as the opponents celebrating
their death, celebrating a supposed "victory". We
reiterate "victory", in quotation marks, since the
death of Che only increased the feeling of pride of
his followers, and, throughout the world, was a
scar recognized worldwide as the symbol of
anticonformism and rebellion against oppression.