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Today at TNR.com, we've unearthed some fascinating Latin America pieces from our archives. Take a look:
"The Death of Che Guevara" A firsthand account of the notorious insurgent's demise.
Originally published on November 11, 1967.
They brought Che Guevara at five o'clock in the afternoon of October 9 to the airfield outside the small town of Vallegrande in southeastern Bolivia. The fighting had been fierce. Che had been among the first casualties and his comrades had been fighting viciously to recover the body. They failed. Most of them also fell, among them Che's Cuban bodyguards Antonio and Pancho. The remainder, after 30 hours of battle, managed to get away, pursued by the Bolivian army's tough, US-trained Rangers.
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