In October, in a clash with army troops in Bolivia, this revolutionary leader was killed
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The Death of Che Guevara: U.S. declassified documents  Oct 18, 1997 ... Washington, D.C.  On October 9th, 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara was put to death by ... as a leader of the Cuban revolution has waned, and his internal and .... APRIL 28, 1967: General Ovando, of the Bolivian Armed Forces, and the .... Official army dispatches falsely report that Che is killed in the clash in...
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1967: Che Guevara 'shot dead' - BBC News  Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is reportedly killed during a battle between army troops and guerillas in the Bolivian jungle.
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ancahuaz Guerrilla - Wikipedia  The ancahuaz Guerrilla or Ejrcito de Liberacin Nacional de Bolivia (ELN) was a group of mainly Bolivian and Cuban guerrillas led by the guerrilla leader Che Guevara which ... The revolutionary leaders are corrupt. ... On October 7, a local informant apprised the Bolivian Special Forces of the location of Guevara's...
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Che Guevara - Wikipedia  Ernesto "Che" Guevara commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ..... Guevara himself was eager to fight on behalf of Arbenz and joined an armed...
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Bolivia Confirms Guevara's Death; Body Displayed  Army Reports Fingerprints Prove Rebel Leader Was Killed in Sunday Clash ... Valle Grande, Bolivia, Oct. 10--The army high command officially confirmed ... in a clash between guerrillas and Bolivian troops in southeastern Bolivia last Sunday. ... he was "absolutely convinced" it was the long- sought revolutionary leader.
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THE SIX JESUIT MARTYRS OF EL SALVADOR - Catholic Chaplaincy  It was then that the slogan Be a patriot, kill a priest was daubed on buildings all over the capital. ... The six Jesuits who died in 1989 made the same choice. ... had to flee the country with his family after an assassination attempt in his own house. ... the important if monotonous work of administration ,masses, retreats, talks,...
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Allende dies in coup - Sep 11, 1973 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Allende dies in coup on Sep 11, 1973. ... Chile's armed forces stage a coup d'tat against the government of President Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected Marxist leader in Latin America. ... U.S.-owned industries in Chile, and Nixon did not want another Fidel Castro coming to power in an...
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Killing Pablo - The New York Times  There was no more exciting place in South America to be in April 1948 than Bogot, ... Light hit the flanks of the undulating ranges at different angles, creating .... There would be many theories about Roathat he had been recruited by the ... Ever since Bolvar's death in 1830, Colombia has been proudly democratic, but it...
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Francisco Franco - Military Leader, Dictator, General - Biography.com  Jun 10, 2016 ... Franco died on November 20, 1975, with country transitioning to a democracy. ... Two years later he was also named director of the General Military Academy in Zaragoza, a position he ... In 1969, amidst a period of declining health, he also named his successor, Prince Juan Carlos, whom he believed...
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Serbs say Kosovo guerrilla leader killed in crackdown - CNN.com  Mar 6, 1998 ... At least 20 ethnic Albanians and two Serb policemen were killed in the fighting, according to reports from Serbian sources which could not be...
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Deaths in October 2004 - Wikipedia  The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2004. October 2004[edit]. 1[edit]. Richard Avedon, 81, American portrait and fashion photographer, cerebral ... historian, archivist and cutman, member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. ... Seabra, 57, Bissau-Guinean military commander, beaten to death in mutiny.
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Fifty years later; tracing revolutionary Che Guevara's 'failure' in DR ...  Apr 22, 2015 ... Sent by Cuba's communist leaderand Washington's ... The Argentine-born guerilla spent a while with us in the forest, but he found ... Che wrote that Baraka had displayed traces of its former relative ... By October 1965, Che wrote to Castro: It's not really weapons that ... Che was killed in Bolivia in 1967.
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Cuba 1952-1959: 1957: Presidential Palace Attack  Jun 29, 2009 ... Revolutionary student groups FEU-DR attacked the presidential ... Echeverra (FEU leader) and Menelao Mora Morales (a former ... House, housing the government offices of the President and his ... Pelayo Cuervo was assassinated the night of March 13, as this new ... Presidential Palace, Havana Cuba.
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History of Bolivia (18091920) - Wikipedia  The invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 1807-08 by Napoleon Bonaparte's forces proved to be ... During the following seven years Upper Peru became the battleground between .... Sucre who was formally installed as Bolivia's first elected president after the General ... The wars of independence had disrupted the economy.
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Bolivian Independence  History of Bolivia | don Quijote  From August 12 to December 29, 1825, Simon Bolivar led Bolivia on the path to ... Ultimately, this new and independent country, Bolivia, would get its name from the ... and political leader that changed the course of Colonial South America. ... In 1776 a reorganization of territories was ordered by Spain and Upper Peru...
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Obituary: Idi Amin | News | The Guardian  Aug 17, 2003 ... Idi Amin, who has died at an age thought to be 78, was one of the most brutal ... Uganda's civilian president Milton Obote, who was displaced in the 1971 coup. ... colonial regimental commander to select Amin as one of the first two .... off seven major assassination attempts organised by dissident army and...
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Che Guevara - Wikipedia  Ernesto "Che" Guevara also known as El Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, ... His experiences and studying of MarxismLeninism led him to posit that the ... he was captured by CIA-assisted Bolivian forces and summarily executed. .... he acquired his famous nickname, due to his frequent use of the Argentine...
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From the archives: Marcos Dies in Bitter Exile in Honolulu at 72 - LA ...  Sep 29, 1989 ... Deposed Philippine Ruler Had Kidney, Heart, Lung Ailments. ... For many weeks he had lingered near death before losing his final battle. .... Under Marcos-initiated reforms, many peasants got their first chance to own land, ... 11, 1917, at Sarrat in the northeastern province of Ilocos Norte. .... 1989: Jan 15.
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Che Guevara | Argentine-Cuban revolutionary | Britannica.com  Jun 10, 2016 ... Theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (195659), and guerrilla leader in South America. ... Written By: ... After his execution by the Bolivian army, he was regarded as a ... of Cuba's new brand of communismand a highly influential manual, La...
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Francisco Franco - Military Leader, Dictator, General - Biography.com  Jun 10, 2016 ... Franco died on November 20, 1975, with country transitioning to a ... the country's native population was staging a resistance to occupation.
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Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91 ...  Dec 11, 2006 ... Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91 ... He held on to his post of commander in chief of the army until 1998. ... He appointed military officers as mayors of towns and cities throughout Chile. .... In presidential elections a year later, the former dictator's candidate was handily...