For Cubans, world-famous “Che” Guevara left behind an ideal of justice and the example of striving to fight for the well-being of all, which characterizes Cuba’s efforts to promote integral growth.

They also consider his anti-imperialist political thought, within a Marxist conception, one of the main items of the Cuban Revolution’s confrontation and resistance to the hostility committed by the different US governments for more than six decades.

Che Guevara’s legacy in Cuba began when he met the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, as of his friendship with Camilo Cienfuegos, and his leading role in the armed movement.

Che’s values, work, and ideology evolved after January 1, 1959, especially as a Minister of Industry, President of the National Bank of Cuba, and his leadership in delegations to international forums.

He became a paradigm for Cuba and the world, and he is honored here and in other nations every year.

On October 8, 1967, Che Guevara fell into the hands of the Bolivian army, was shot in a leg and his weapon disabled, before being killed by order of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Government of the United States.

His remains were located and returned to the Caribbean nation 30 years later, and are resting with those of other guerrilla fighters at a monument built in Santa Clara, in central Cuba.

This Tuesday marks the beginning of Camilo-Che Day until October 28, when the death in a plane crash in 1959 of Commander Camilo Cienfuegos, Ernesto Guevara’s close friend, will be commemorated.

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