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Che Guevara Che Guevara was second in command to Fidel Castro in the Revolution. He was born in Rosario, Argentina on June 14, 1928. He had a middle class family and was the oldest of five kids. He suffered from asthma his whole life. He studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires in 1947. He traveled to different countries like Peru, Mexico and Cuba to help sick people. He saw lepers, poor people, and neglected citizens. In 1952 he got involved in riots against the president of Argentina. He completed his medical degree in March of 1953. Then he went to Bolivia and Guatemala where he got married to a Peruvian Marxist named, Hilda. They later divorced.

He met Fidel Castro through Hilda.He was influenced by Fidel and got invovled in the planning of the invasion of Cuba.

There were revolutions that started the three-year war against Fulgencio Batista, a dictator. At first Guevara helped with medical stuff. However he began to go up in rank. He then became Commandante of the Revolutionary Army of Barbutos. He was in charge of executing the enemies.

They overthrew the Batista regime in 1959. Guevara iwas second in command to Castro who made him Governor of the national Bank.

He remarries someone else and hes 4 kids. He trevels with his wife as the Ambassador of Cuba. He goes around the world helping with other revolutions. He lost a revolution in Africa and withdrew himself in August 1965.

Castro removes him from the office because their ideas for Cuba have changed.

He disguises himself and goes to Latin America.

In 1966 he and a small group of guerrillas go to Bolivia to try and make people start a revolutionary movement. Unfortunately, do to sickness and depression, they were captured. Guevara's execution was to happen immediately because he would not cooperate.

Che Guevara is relevant to Persepolis in a couple of ways. In the story Marji considers Guevara a hero.

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