On Twitter, Maduro asserted that Guevara’s struggle is an example for new generations in confronting imperial powers.

‘The irreducible morality and principles that guided Commander Ernesto Che Guevara´s actions have been an inspiration for young revolutionaries who fight imperialism. We will always remember you, Heroic Guerrilla of the Great Homeland’, Maduro live-tweeted.

Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara landed in Cuba together with the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and 80 other expedition members on board of Granma yacht in 1956 to start fighting Fulgencio Batista´s dictatorship (1952-1959).

After the Triumph of Revolution in January 1, 1959, Ernesto Guevara served as president of the National Bank and also as Minister of Industry.

From 1965 to 1967, the Argentine-Cuban guerrilla fought in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bolivia, where he was captured and executed by the Army, under the orders of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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