Cuba/Argentina: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (14 June 1928 - 9 October 1967), commonly known as El Che or simply Che, Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. While living in Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht, Granma, with the intention of overthrowing Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. He soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the two year guerrilla campaign.

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