Che Guevara met an undignified death in a dilapidated school in Bolivia, at the hands of a counter-revolution supported by the CIA. The generation that would see him most wasn't yet born, and many of that generation wouldn't know why that well-drawn face is on Hot Topic's hats, shirts, and posters. They will not know that this face was the last hope of communism, cut down after the imperialist world joined forces to crush the possibility of true communism in the known world. AdolescenceErnesto Guevara de la Serna was born in Rosario, Argentina on June 14, 1928. He was the eldest of five children and was of Irish and Spanish descent. He was a fierce and passionate rugby player, despite his asthma. His ferocity earned him the nickname "Fuserh, slang for ragers. Like many Latin American adolescents of his generation, he was passionate about poetry, writing it and reading it. He was also a zealous reader and loved everything from Jack London to Sigmund Freud (Wikipedia) In 1952 (Motorcycle Journals), a semester before receiving his doctorate, Ernesto decided to take a motorcycle trip across the continent with a. long-time friend and biochemist, Alberto Granado The journey was very difficult - they lost their tent early in the journey and had to ask complete strangers for places to sleep. , he saw the poor and the oppressed, especially a day or two spent with a homeless communist couple, whose land was taken over by a land speculator and had to leave their son behind and go on the run in search. (The Motorcycle Diaries). Ernesto and Alberto volunteered at a leper colony in the Amazon when they went to treat lepers. on the other side of the river, they were ordered to wear gloves, which made no difference, and was instead a symbol of segregation. Much to the anger of the nuns who ran the colony, they refused to wear the gloves and shook hands with everyone they met. One of the nuns later refuses to feed them (The Motorcycle Diaries). On his birthday and last day in the colony, Ernesto toasted a united South America, to the stunned silence of his party. They rafted down the Amazon and Ernesto returned to Argentina by plane in April 1953.Events and travels in GuetemalaErnesto, convinced