Bolivian historical sites of Ernesto


A young boy ducks through a doorway in front of one of many examples of Ernesto Che Guevara grafitti in La Higuera Bolivia Saturday Nov. 13 2004. Guevara was captured by the Bolivian army in 1967 in a nearby valley and executed in La Higuera days later. Guevara and fellow communist guerillas were attempting to launch a continent-wide revolution modeled on Guevara's success in Cuba in the late 1950s. The Bolivian government recently began promoting the area where he fought was captured killed and burried for 30 years as the Ruta del Che or Che's Route.


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Location: La Higuera Santa Cruz Bolivia
Photo credit: © Kevin Moloney / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
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