Ernesto Guevara de la Serna
by Vadarli Myrto
Many are
the people I look up to. One of them is Ernesto Geuvara de la Serna commonly
known as Che Guevara. Guevara was an Argentine marxist revolutionary doctor, author,
intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist.
He was
born in 1928 in Rozario of Argentina. His family was one of the oligarchic
families of Argentina. However his parents didn't avoid associating with people
of lower social classes.
When he
was 2 years old it was noted that Che was suffering from asthma and that' s why
he got mostly educated by studying at home. From an early age he was
interested in literature.He especially admired
Neruda and ancient greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. His disease
was one of the reasons he studied medicine. In 1953 he got his medical degree.
The same
year he traveled several times to South and Central America and he viewed the
financial conditions in Latin America. Being influenced by those experiences he
started to show an interest in political issues and marxism. In 1954 he went to Mexico
where he met Nick Lopel who was exiled from his country. In order to
subsist financially he worked as a doctor and photographer. In 1955 he met
Fidel Castro, the leader of Monknista.
Guevara
participated in the movement of 26th July to overthrow the
dictatorship of Batista in Cuba. In 1956 after the seizure of
dictatorship by Castro, Guevara acquired the Cuban nationality and he became an
important member of the Cuban government. On 11th December in 1964 he
represented Cuba to the conference of the United Nations where he gave a great and
still well known speech about nuclear disarmament.
On 15th of
April in 1964 after having disagreements with Fidel Castro, Che abandoned Cuba and
went to Bolivia in order to organize the guirrella army where during a battle he
got injured to his right leg and as a result he got apprehended and in the end
he was assassinated in 9th of October in 1967. His body was transported to Cuba
where he was buried in Santa Clara the city which he had conquered in 1958. This conquest had
led Castro to total victory.
Che
Guevara is considered to be the eternal symbol of revolution, a man whose
priority was neither money nor fortune, but ideals and he deserves to be first
in the preferences of youth.
Hasta Siempre Comandante
