Mixing ideological epiphanies with rip-roaring, boy-racer adventure, this is a genuinely exhilarating ride
Ernesto “Che” Guevara has achieved an almost messianic status since his death in 1967, his Christ-like visage – as captured by photographer Alberto Korda and tinted in revolutionary red – staring out from the walls of hundreds of thousands of student bedrooms.
His story is legend: the Argentinian medical student who helped Castro overthrow the US-backed Cuban government, and was then executed by CIA-backed troops while trying to foment rebellion in the jungles of Bolivia. After a macabre photoshoot, his remains were spirited away to lie undiscovered for another two decades.
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