Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Jack Cyphers
Biography Part 1
• Soy de Rosario, Argentina en 1928.• Estudió medicina en la Universidad de Buenos
Aires.• Che became a doctor, there.• In 1954, in Guatemala, Che witnessed
President Jacobo Arbenz being overthrown. • Guevara decided to join the Cuban
revolutionary, Fidel Castro, in Mexico.
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Biography Part 2
• Che attempted to overthrow the government of Fulgencio Bastista and succeeded.
• They became known as the July 26 Movement.
• He later became the president of the Cuban national bank.
• He helped switch Cuban’s trade relations form the United States to the Soviet Union.
Biography Part 3
• Three years later, he became the minister of industry.
• Che tried to incite the people to rebel against their government in 1966.
• Guevara did not succeed in rebelling and was captured and executed in 1967 at age of 39.
• Es atrevido y inteligente.
Accomplishment # 1
• Guevara joined Fidel Castro to overthrow the Batista government in Cuba.
• He served as a military advisor to Castro. • He led troops in battles against the Cuban
government. • Se derrocó a Batista en 1959.• Che became in charge of a prison.• The prison he was in charge of was La Cabaña
Fortress. • Es no bueno.
Accomplishment # 2
• After he was in charge of the prison, he became President of the National Bank of Cuba.
• Su banco era exitoso.• El cambió la relación comercial de Cuba.• He shifted it from Cuba and US to Cuba and
Soviet Union.
Legacy Part 1
• After he was executed, Che became a legendary political figure.
• Guevara is often used with rebellion, revolution, and socialism.
• Other people remember Che as ruthless.• Es despiadado• Le gusta revuelto.
Legacy Part 2
• Hay son muchos estatuas de Guevara.• One of them is in Bolivia.• It is near where he was executed.
Statue of Guevara
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