“Che” Guevara: Symbol of Revolution
By Juan Bonatto On October 8, 1967, Ernesto “Che” Guevara was wounded in combat and arrested. The next day, he was shot dead, photographed and displayed as a trophy by members of the Bolivian army and the CIA, before being buried in a mass grave With this act, they intended to make much more than a body disappear, but they failed. Che had already occupied a place in the minds of millions of young people and workers throughout the world, and he was becoming a myth, an icon, a north star for rebellion and revolution. Che was born in Rosario, Argentina,…