Ñancahuazú region

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The Ñancahuazú region is a remote, rural area of southeastern Bolivia known as the base of operations for Che Guevara’s guerrilla campaign in the late 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
rural area
associatedWith Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN) NERFINISHED
Che Guevara NERFINISHED
Ernesto Che Guevara’s Bolivian campaign
conflict Bolivian government vs. Che Guevara’s guerrillas
country Bolivia
countryDuringEvents Republic of Bolivia NERFINISHED
era Cold War
event Bolivian guerrilla campaign of 1966–1967 NERFINISHED
hasClimate subtropical
hasEconomicActivity cattle ranching
subsistence agriculture
hasRiver Ñancahuazú River NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfSettlement small peasant communities
hasVegetation Chaco and sub-Andean forest
historicalPeriod 1960s
historicalSignificance symbolic site of Latin American revolutionary movements
knownFor Bolivian insurgency of the 1960s
Che Guevara’s guerrilla campaign
languageSpoken Spanish
locatedIn South America
southeastern Bolivia
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement La Higuera NERFINISHED
Vallegrande NERFINISHED
notableFor site of Cold War–era guerrilla conflict
notableYear 1967
partOf Bolivian lowlands NERFINISHED
populationDensity sparsely populated
strategicFeature dense vegetation
difficult access
rugged terrain
terrain forested
hilly
remote
rural
timeOfUseAsGuerrillaBase 1966
1967
transportInfrastructure limited road access
usedAs base of operations for guerrilla warfare
usedFor military counterinsurgency operations by Bolivian Army
visitedBy Cuban and Bolivian guerrilla fighters

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Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara location Ñancahuazú region