Insurgency vs insurrection3/31/2023 ![]() ![]() In Bolivia, Guevara was unprepared for the realities that lay before him. This led to a deeper question: how could Guevara, the supposed master guerilla be defeated by what many considered to be a third-world backwater? The was, for all his previous success in Cuba, Guevara was not as skilled in the art of combat as his reputation led many to believe. Not a year later Che was dead, and his revolution was broken. Leading a small group of men, Che snuck into the Cordillera province of Bolivia, and attempted to overthrow the government through armed revolt. To do that, Guevara decided to try and emulate the insurgent strategy that had been so successful in Cuba. The answer to that was simple, Guevara was attempting to start a continent-wide communist revolution, with Bolivia at the center. But the public question remained, what happened to Che Guevara in Bolivia? ![]() President Lyndon Johnson, made no such public statements but quietly celebrated the demise of what they saw as a global pest. Some, such as Cuba’s Fidel Castro, publicly mourned his death and vowed to continue Guevara’s vision of global revolution. Questions began to swirl around his death while world leaders began to take sides concerning his legacy. Many were surprised to hear the news – and it was even more surprising that he died in Bolivia of all places. On October 9th, 1967 at 1:45 PM, Colonel Joaquin Zetenento announced to the world that Che Guevara was dead. The Bolivian Insurgency of 1966-1967: Che Guevara’s Final Failure ![]()
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