History UsefulNotes / CheGuevara

--> '''Che Guevara''': "I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."

--> ''Mr. gringo, my father, he ain't no Che Guevara''
--> ''And he's fighting the war on the streets of Masaya''
--> ''Little Indian girl, where's your father?''
--> ''Little Indian girl, where is your momma?''
--> ''They're fighting for [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro Mr. Castro]] in the streets of Angola.''

''Hasta la victoria siempre''

[[caption-width-right:350:This face is one of the world's [[MemeticMutation best]] [[MisaimedFandom selling]] [[MemeticMutation t-shirts]].]]

Defending a socialist cause and being executed at a young age, Che Guevara evolved into a symbol that represents both ''"civil disobedience"'' and ''"political awareness"'' (Website/TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara several]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Che_Guevara articles]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara_in_popular_culture about him]]). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrillero_Heroico A photograph of Che by Alberto Korda]][[note]]Did we say "several articles?" Make that a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Che_Guevara a whole category]].[[/note]] became one of the most famous photographs during TheSixties, which thanks its subject's youth, good looks, and intense gaze, made him an IconOfRebellion well into the 21st Century. More often than not, he is also used as the "Romantic Expression" of guerrilla warfare: a tough but well-intentioned guy, willing to fight injustice and American imperialism over everything. [[TheThemeParkVersion Che is often treated as a hero figure in many books, film, and TV shows alike,]] and he remains a popular icon in much of the Global South.

* He is referenced in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' where the Sadinistas fondly compare Big Boss to El Che (to the point that he is called Vic Boss out of respect). Numerous MSF characters also voice nothing but praise for him. Their unconditional praise for him is quite ironic, given ''Metal Gear's'' anti-nuke and anti-war themes (see the description above).

[[caption-width-right:350:This face is one of the world's [[MemeticMutation best selling]] [[MisaimedFandom t-shirts]].]]

-->--'''Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez''', Colombian journalist

Defending a socialist cause and being executed at a young age, Che Guevara evolved into a symbol that represents both ''"civil disobedience"'' and ''"political awareness"'' (Wiki/TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara several]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Che_Guevara articles]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara_in_popular_culture about him]]). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrillero_Heroico A photograph of Che by Alberto Korda]][[note]]Did we say "several articles?" Make that a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Che_Guevara a whole category]].[[/note]] became one of the most famous photographs during TheSixties, which thanks its subject's youth, good looks, and intense gaze, made him an IconOfRebellion well into the 21st Century. More often than not, he is also used as the "Romantic Expression" of guerrilla warfare: a tough but well-intentioned guy, willing to fight injustice and American imperialism over everything. [[TheThemeParkVersion Che is often treated as a hero figure in many books, film, and TV shows alike,]] and he remains a popular icon in much of the Global South.

** "Indian Girl" by Music/TheRollingStones from ''Music/EmotionalRescue'':

* NiceHat: His iconic military beret with a five-pointed star.

Ernesto Guevara (14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967), better known by his nickname ''"Che"'', [[note]] An informal Argentinian interjection equivalent to "hey", used to call other's people attention. His Cuban friends heard him use it a lot and the name stuck. So "Che Guevara" is basically "Hey, Guevara". [[/note]] was an [[{{UsefulNotes/Argentina}} Argentinian]] [[Creator/KarlMarx Marxist]] revolutionary who attained fame for his active role as a guerrilla leader and strategist in the Cuban Revolution (in which he helped UsefulNotes/FidelCastro to seize power from its dictator UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista) and then later, his death in Bolivia, where he was arrested and executed by the Bolivian military with the aid of the CIA. He also ran Castro's most infamous prison, La Cabaña, and oversaw [[KangarooCourt Revolutionary Tribunals]] and [[ShotAtDawn summary executions]], for which Cuban exiles would call him "El Carnicero de la Cabaña" (or "TheButcher of La Cabaña"). After that he worked as a government bureaucrat and took a lead in introducing literacy measures. Eventually he became restless and decided to engage in revolutionary causes again. He later took part in the Congo revolution, but it wasn't successful. Then he conducted a complicated scheme in Bolivia that eventually led to his capture and execution.

Ernesto Guevara (14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967), better known by his nickname ''"Che"'', [[note]] An informal Argentinian interjection equivalent to "hey", used to call other's people attention. His Cuban friends heard him use it a lot and the name stuck. So "Che Guevara" is basically "Hey, Guevara". [[/note]] was an [[{{UsefulNotes/Argentina}} Argentinian]] [[Creator/KarlMarx Marxist]] revolutionary who attained fame for his active role as a guerrilla leader and strategist in the Cuban Revolution (in which he helped UsefulNotes/FidelCastro to seize power from its dictator UsefulNotes/FulgencioBatista) and then later, his death in Bolivia, where he was arrested and executed by the Bolivian military with the aid of the CIA. He also ran Castro's most infamous prison, La Cabaña, and oversaw [[KangarooCourt Revolutionary Tribunals]] and [[ShotAtDawn summary executions]]. After that he worked as a government bureaucrat and took a lead in introducing literacy measures. Eventually he became restless and decided to engage in revolutionary causes again. He later took part in the Congo revolution, but it wasn't successful. Then he conducted a complicated scheme in Bolivia that eventually led to his capture and execution.