cfujskins Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 man, I'm sorry to bring up a thread on something so petty, but it has been driving me crazy ever since I finished my history class last semester. I've even been digging through my old history notes. I know he is an infamous Latin dictator and I feel stupid for fogetting his name but he is always on those t-shirts. Pic is below (only size I could find, srry). Help me out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoyler23 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Che Guevera (SP?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 It wouldn't surprise me if "cliche" is a play on words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfujskins Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 Originally posted by TheDoyler23 Che Guevera (SP?) AHHH yes! I KNEW it started with a G. I 'preciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 thug and leftist hero also work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 That would be the INFAMOUS, El Guappo... :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Skins Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Originally posted by jpillian That would be the INFAMOUS, El Guappo... :cool: is no match for ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Never made it to being a dictator. One of Fidel's thugs who massacred innocents, but got killed early enough to be made into a martyr. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty P For The Pulitzer Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 I never understood why Che t-shirts are so popular. I'm pretty sure though that at least 75% of the people who wear them just think it's a cool picture or do it to look cool, but don't have any idea about the man. Might as well wear a shirt with Stalin or Lenin on it, Che's heroes, or Castro, his partner in crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
National Defense Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 he was a photogenic guerilla fighter who died trying to spread "the revolution" across south america and africa. he is not really known for any famous speaches, political or military feats, etc. he just looks good in that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Originally posted by Fatty P For The Pulitzer I never understood why Che t-shirts are so popular. I'm pretty sure though that at least 75% of the people who wear them just think it's a cool picture or do it to look cool, but don't have any idea about the man. Might as well wear a shirt with Stalin or Lenin on it, Che's heroes, or Castro, his partner in crime. I've ALWAYS wondered this... WTF am I missing? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 A quick Google reveals the following... the only thing I can figure is that he somehow has become the posterchild for a Leftist revolution. ?? (his real name is Ernesto, btw.) ============================================== Guevara, Ernesto Pronunciation: [Arnes´tO gAvä´rä] 1928–67, Cuban revolutionary and political leader, b. Argentina. Originally trained as a physician at the Univ. of Buenos Aires, he took part (1952) in riots against the dictator Juan Perón in Argentina, joined agitators in Bolivia, and worked in a leper colony. In 1953 he went to Guatemala, joined the pro-Communist regime of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, and when Arbenz was overthrown (1954) fled to Mexico, where he met Fidel Castro and other Cuban rebels. “Che” Guevara became Castro's chief lieutenant soon after the rebel invasion of Cuba in 1956. He proved to be a resourceful guerrilla leader and was soon one of Castro's closest and most trusted friends. As president of the national bank after the fall (Jan., 1959) of Fulgencio Batista he was instrumental in cutting Cuba's traditional economic ties with the United States and in directing the flow of trade to the Communist bloc. He served (1961–65) as minister of industry. At heart a revolutionary rather than an administrator, he left Cuba in 1965 to foster revolutionary activity in other countries. In 1967, while directing a guerrilla movement in Bolivia, he was wounded in a clash with government troops, captured, and executed. He wrote Guerrilla Warfare (1961), Man and Socialism in Cuba (1967), and Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War (1968). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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