Revolutionary leader and iconic hell-raiser Ernesto Che Guevara is memorialised in a ceremony that marks the 40th anniversary of his capture and death in Bolivia.
Ceremonies have been held to pay tribute to guerilla-leader Che Guevara. One of the ceremonies is being held in the town of Santa Clara, Cuba, where Guevara once fought a battle during the heady days of the gloriously gorgeous Cuban revolution. It's being attended by a respectable number of people -- roughly 10,000, including Cuban leader Raul Castro, fill-in and brother to the ever-ailing Fidel Castro.
Ceremonies to mark Guevara's death are also being held in Bolivia and Venezuela, where President Hugo Chavez has lovingly described Guevara as an "infinite revolutionary" in a speech. Presumably, Chavez has some idea what exactly that means.
Were he still alive today, Guevara would be nearly 80 years old -- still younger than the eternal Fidel Castro, who, according to brother Raul at today's ceremony, referred to him as an "exceptional soldier." This of course comes 40 years after Guevara safely ceased to any longer be a thorn-in-the-side rival to Fidel Castro's popularity.
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