Guevara was born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 14, 1928. During his school years, he was an excellent scholar and athlete. Moreover, early in life he began absorbing socialist thought from his readings, especially from the works of psychoanalyst Sigmund …show more content…
For almost a full year, Guevara led a totally unsuccessful guerrilla war in the mountains of Bolivia. Guevara’s guerilla group, which numbered about fifty and was well equipped, was nevertheless outmatched by the difficult mountain terrain and much larger Bolivian army. On October 8, 1967, the Bolivian army wounded and captured Guevara, along with the last remains of his guerrilla supporters. Bolivian officials ordered that Guevara should be executed on the …show more content…
While traveling to Vallengrande, soldiers severed his hands from his body to keep as proof of their role in capturing the legendary revolutionary. After one day in Vallengrande, Che's body mysteriously disappeared from the hospital, to which it had been brought. The Bolivian government later admitted to having removed the body of Guevara, as well as those of his followers, in order to prevent the graves from becoming a shrine to the fallen revolutionaries. Nevertheless, Guevara immediately became a hero, martyr, and legend to revolutionaries everywhere, and his book titled Guerilla Warfare, published in 1961, was celebrated as the textbook for waging a