One tends to forget that one of the large protagonists of the cuban revolution was Argentinian. Resulting from the middle-class, Ernesto Guevara grows in Buenos Aires, but suffering on asthma, his/her parents decide for his health to settle in the small town of Alta Gracia, famous for its beneficial climate.
From a not very ordinary intelligence, it obtained in 1953 its doctorate of medicine, at the 25 years age. Large traveller, it traversed all the Latin America, become aware of the poverty and the social injustice which reigned. Forsaking a promising career of doctor, it decided in 1954, to link itself with the cuban movement led by Fidel Castro, persuaded that the revolution was the only way of restoring the rights of the Latin people. The dictator deposed Fulgencio Batista, Che was named Minister of Industry in Cuba, role which it held of 1961 to 1965. But soon he refused to be combined with orthodoxe Communism and left to continue the revolution. He went to Congo, then to Argentina, trying to destabilize the governments.
In Bolivia, it took the head of the peasants and the minors, fighting against the soldiers with the capacity. Tracked, it was finally cut down in 1967. Its short and upsetting life gave rise to the legend of Che, whose ideals are still quite alive today.