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Che Guevara
Social inequalities, great discrepancies between the very wealthy and the incredibly poor are as present in today's society as they were 50 years ago. Che Guevara's revolutionary ideal of eliminating "man's exploitation of man" is still relevant today even though communist parties have been outlawed in most former communist states in Europe. Nevertheless, social equality and the profound revolutionary spirit of Che Guevara are very much alive in Latin America, a continent which is defined by great social segregation and turmoil. Che Guevara's ideal was a Cuban revolution that would resemble and continue other communist revolutions of the 20th century, i.e. The Chinese and the Russian which he had studied in detail.
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna was born in 1928 in Argentina in a financially secure family with aristocratic roots but devout to socialist values. From the early years, Ernesto was keen on reading and closely follows the Spanish Civil War. His favorite readings included Sartre, Marx, Lenin and Engels which he would later re-discover and discuss with his friend and member of the Argentine Communist Youth, Tita. His admission into the University of Buenos Aires where he would study Medicine did not alter his interest in sociology and politics. On the contrary, he uses the pretext of working as a male nurse on trading ships of the Argentine national shipping-company to travel to several countries of Latin America, such as Brazil and Venezuela. During one of his voyages he meets two people who would change his views and ultimately, his entire life: Doctor Hugo Pesce in Peru and Fidel Castro who shares Che's revolutionary vision. Upon graduating from Medical School, influenced by the widespread poverty and social decay affecting Latin America, he devotes himself to the profound study of Marxism, political economy and other related disciplines; it is precisely during this stage in Che's life that he realizes his vocation had shifted from medical to revolutionary.
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