Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara

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Cold War event armed conflict guerrilla campaign

The Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara was the final guerrilla effort led by Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Bolivia in 1966–1967, culminating in his capture and execution and becoming a symbol of both revolutionary struggle and martyrdom.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara canonical	1
Bolivian insurgency	1
Bolivian insurgency of Che Guevara	1
Che Guevara historical route in Bolivia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War event ⓘ armed conflict ⓘ guerrilla campaign ⓘ
aim	to ignite a continental revolution in Latin America ⓘ
characterizedBy	isolation from urban leftist movements ⓘ lack of local peasant support ⓘ logistical difficulties ⓘ
commandStructure	Ejército de Liberación Nacional de Bolivia ⓘ
country	Bolivia ⓘ
documentedIn	The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara ⓘ surface form: Che Guevara's Bolivian Diary
endDate	1967 ⓘ
hasAftermath	intensified repression of leftist movements in Bolivia ⓘ strengthening of Bolivian military regime ⓘ
hasCasualties	death of most members of Che Guevara's guerrilla foco ⓘ
hasCommander	Che Guevara ⓘ Inti Peredo ⓘ Juan Pablo Chang Navarro ⓘ
hasEffect	increased international notoriety of Che Guevara ⓘ transformation of Che Guevara into a symbol of revolutionary martyrdom ⓘ
hasHistoricalInterpretation	seen as a failed attempt to export the Cuban Revolution model ⓘ viewed as a key episode in the mythologization of Che Guevara ⓘ
ideology	Guevarism ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
inspiredWork	The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara ⓘ
leader	Che Guevara ⓘ
location	Santa Cruz Department ⓘ Ñancahuazú region ⓘ
memorializedBy	annual commemorations by leftist organizations ⓘ monuments in Vallegrande ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Quebrada del Yuro ⓘ ambush at Vado del Yeso ⓘ capture of Che Guevara on 8 October 1967 ⓘ execution of Che Guevara on 9 October 1967 ⓘ
opponent	Bolivian Armed Forces ⓘ Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ surface form: United States Central Intelligence Agency
opposedBy	President René Barrientos Ortuño ⓘ
partOf	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War in Latin America Latin American revolutionary movements ⓘ
relatedTo	Cuban Revolution ⓘ Latin American guerrilla movements of the 1960s ⓘ foco theory ⓘ
result	capture and execution of Che Guevara ⓘ defeat of the guerrilla movement ⓘ
startDate	1966 ⓘ
supportedBy	Bolivian Communist Party dissidents ⓘ Cuban government ⓘ
usesTactic	foco theory of revolution ⓘ rural guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Che! (1969 film) → portrays → Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara ⓘ

Che Guevara → participatedIn → Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolivian insurgency

Che! → depicts → Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolivian insurgency of Che Guevara

La Higuera, Vallegrande, Bolivia → partOf → Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Che Guevara historical route in Bolivia