Che killed on this day, 1967

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40 years ago today, Ernesto "Che" Guevara was reported killed in battle between army troops and guerillas in the Bolivian jungle.

From the BBC website: " A post mortem examination on Che Guevara's body, carried out two days after his death, suggested he had not in fact been killed in battle but had been captured and executed a day later"

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more che

Submitted by Mike McGregor on October 16, 2007 - 9:17pm.

Here's a few links to some other prespectives on the subject:

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there seems to be two

Submitted by Rob Danter on October 15, 2007 - 1:04pm.

there seems to be two shallow, black and white ways of looking at che guevara these days. One is represented by the 14 year old in the rage t-shirt, the other by the post above this one. It's sad how in people's minds today he has been reduced to either a saint or a "psycho".

a small photo essay on the legacy of Che

Submitted by Mike McGregor on October 10, 2007 - 6:52am.

http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/world/752/

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I don't know who this guy is, but he sure sells a lot of Tshirts

Submitted by Mike McGregor on October 9, 2007 - 3:46pm.

I've wondered for a long time how popular Che would have become if it wasn't for Alberto Korda's famous photo and Jim Fitzpatrick's (possibly more?) famous adaptation of it...

I find it kind of fitting that Fitzpatrick's work is a simplified version of Korda's photo, reducing it to two tones. I seems anaologous to the understanding that many people (read: adolecent males) have of Che's legacy.

on a related note...

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