Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Che Guevara across 5 places, from 1928 to 1966.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna (14 May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Che Guevara was documented, and when
14 May 1928exact date
Rosarioattested“Ernesto Guevara was born to Ernesto Guevara Lynch and Celia de la Serna y Llosa, on 14 May 1928, in Rosario, Argentina.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
1948year
University of Buenos Airesattested“In 1948, Guevara entered the University of Buenos Aires to study medicine.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
January 1959month
Buenos Airesattested“In a 1959 letter to Luis Paredes López in Buenos Aires, Guevara states unequivocally: "The executions by firing squads are not only a necessity for the people of Cuba, but also an imposition of the people." In mid-January 1959, Guevara w…”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
January 1959month
Tararáattested“In a 1959 letter to Luis Paredes López in Buenos Aires, Guevara states unequivocally: "The executions by firing squads are not only a necessity for the people of Cuba, but also an imposition of the people." In mid-January 1959, Guevara w…”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
21 July 1966exact date
Cubaattested“As Guevara prepared for Bolivia, he secretly traveled back to Cuba on 21 July 1966 to visit Castro, as well as to see his wife and write a last letter to his five children to be read upon his death, which ended with him instructing them:…”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
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1945 to 1949period
Indonesiamentioned“While in Jakarta, Guevara visited Indonesian president Sukarno to discuss the revolution of 1945–1949 in Indonesia and establish trade relations.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
1945 to 1949period
Jakartamentioned“While in Jakarta, Guevara visited Indonesian president Sukarno to discuss the revolution of 1945–1949 in Indonesia and establish trade relations.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
June 1953month
Argentinamentioned“Upon returning to Argentina, he received his medical degree in June 1953.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
7 July 1953exact date
Boliviamentioned“After completing his medical degree, Guevara set out again on 7 July 1953, this time to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
26 July 1953exact date
Santiago de Cubamentioned“Guevara then established contact with a group of Cuban exiles linked to Fidel Castro through the 26 July 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
26 July 1953exact date
Santiagomentioned“Guevara then established contact with a group of Cuban exiles linked to Fidel Castro through the 26 July 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
May 1954month
Puerto Barriosmentioned“In May 1954, a ship carrying infantry and light artillery weapons was dispatched by communist Czechoslovakia for the Árbenz government and arrived in Puerto Barrios.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
September 1954month
Mexicomentioned“By the time he left, he was sure of this." Guevara arrived in Mexico City in September 1954, and worked in the allergy section of the General Hospital and at the Hospital Infantil de Mexico.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
September 1955month
Mexicomentioned“Guevara married Hilda in Mexico in September 1955, before embarking on his plan to assist in the liberation of Cuba.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
1957year
New Yorkmentioned“With the group withdrawn to the Sierra, people wondered whether Castro was alive until early 1957, when an interview by Herbert Matthews appeared in The New York Times.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
March 1958month
Cubamentioned“By March 1958, the continued atrocities carried out by Batista's forces led the US to stop selling arms to Cuba.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
1 January 1959exact date
Havanamentioned“At 3am on 1 January 1959, upon learning that his generals were negotiating a separate peace with Guevara, Fulgencio Batista boarded a plane in Havana and fled for the Dominican Republic, along with a "fortune of more than $300,000,000 th…”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
22 January 1959exact date
The USmentioned“On 22 January 1959, a Universal Newsreel broadcast in the US featured Castro asking an estimated one million Cubans whether they approved of the executions, and being met with a roaring "¡Sí!" (yes).”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
1960year
Czechoslovak Socialist Republicmentioned“At the end of 1960 he visited Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Hungary, and East Germany and signed a trade agreement in East Berlin.”source: Wikipedia: Che Guevara
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