Ernesto Che GuevaraAn inspiration to Mecha activistsWho is Che Guevara?

Foto-Alberto KordaHavana, 1960

Last Supper of Chicano HeroesJose Antonio Burciaga-Stanford U

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Questions1. Who is Che Guevara?2. Why has be an inspiration to the Chicano movement? View of murals.3. What is the meaning of Che today?

Ernesto Guevara de la Sernael Che BiographyBorn 1928Rosario, Argentina

Youth in ArgentinaFamily moves toBuenos Aires

University EducationMedical degree

1948

1st trip through Latin Americafilm Motorcycle DiariesProfound impact:1. Commits life to the poor2. Develops a broad Latin American vision3. Travels to Chile, Peru, Bolivia

1954--GuatemalaWitness to the fall ofArbenz government

US backed military coup

US Opposed to land reform policies-toHelp poor campesinos

Exile in Mexico, 1955Meets Fidel Castro

Joins Cuban revolutionaries

Nickname: CheSlang (Argentina) means friend

Arrives in Cuba, 1956On Granma boatEnters Cuba with 81Revolutionaries

Goal: overthrow dictatorship of General BatistaAnd initiate Revolution

Guevaras route in CubaArrival of Granma in 1956Rebel stronghold in Sierra MaestraGuevaras Route to Havana via Santa Clara in December 1958

Revolutionaries arrive in Cuba82 leave Mexico

16 survive Batistaattack

Sierra Maestra, Cuba

Guerilla WarfareSierra Maestra, Cuba

Ches victory in Santa ClaraDecember 1958--

Victory of Cuban Revolution1959Che works in Revolutionary gov.

EconomistCentral BankAgrarian Reform

PhilosophyRevolutionary ethicsVoluntary Work

Anti-capitalist

Believed in Moral incentives

Advocate of African liberation,1964Cuba supports Angola with troops

Che denounces the murder of of Lumumba (Congo) in a speech at the UN

1965BoliviaRevolutionary struggleGoal:Ignite revolution in BoliviaOppression:Indigenous peoplesWorkers in Tin minesOwned by US, BRITISH interests

Che is taken prisoner in Bolivia, 1967

Che murdered in Bolivia, 1967

1997 Ches body returned to CubaBuried in Santa Clara

Monument in his honor

Sight of victory overBatista army

Named as Time Magazines 100 Most Influential of 20th C.

Only 2 Latin Americans named

Other: PeleSoccer playerBrazil

Murals and Visual artLinking Che Guevara and the Chicano MovementAs hero and role model

SymbolismChe and Chicano movementIn USA:

Che is linked to struggle of Cesar Chavez justice for Chicano farm workers

SymbolismMexico link to ZapataRevolution link to Morelos/HidalgoStruggle against colonialism link to indigenous culture Struggle for Latin American political identity

Chicano Park Murals #1-HistoricalSan Diego, 1970

Chicano Murals, Tucson, 1970s

Colegio Cesar Chavez, 1981Mt. Angel, ORegon

Estrada Courts,Olympic Blvd 1978Mario Torero

Chicano Pride

Chicago, casa Aztlan

Che as Saint/Christ figureVirgin of GuadalupeReligious/ moral/ Chicano identity

Belfast Barrio mural, 1992Ruben Ortiz Torres & Gerald Kelly

LegacyCuban Revolution:

RevolutionaryStruggle for social justiceHerodies for cause of justiceAnti-capitalistChicano Movement:

Mexican IndependenceAnti-ImperialismZapata & RevolutionCesar Chavez & Farm workers movementLatin American identity global level of struggleVirgin of Guadalupe- Mexican nationalism Cause of justice Indigenous rights