Ernesto Guevara was born in Argentina in 1928. During his boyhood, he was a big reader, a lover of poetry, a skilled chess player, and an excellent athlete. In 1948, he entered the University of Buenos Aires to study medicine. After completing his studies, he traveled through South America, helping the sick in some of that continent's poorest nations. The trip exposed him to poverty and suffering on a daily basis, and he eventually vowed to do something about it. His first stop as a revolutionary was Guatemala. He went there in 1953 because he wanted to assist in Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz's ambitious program of land reform. This is where Ernesto got his nickname "Che," which means "hey," because he used the casual term often in his speech. Che's time in Guatemala was cut short when President Arbenz was overthrown by the American government in 1954. Che briefly took up the fight, but was soon forced to flee to Mexico. In 1956, Che joined a rebel group under the command of Fidel Castro. The group aimed to take down the government of Cuba and replace it with a communist government. At this point, Che gave up his profession as a physician and became a guerilla leader. In 1959, they managed to defeat the Cuban government and seize power. After the communist victory in Cuba, Che was not content. He felt that there was still work to be done, and that he was a soldier, not a statesman. In 1965, Che Guevara left Cuba to promote communist revolution elsewhere. Two years later, he was captured in Bolivia and executed by the Bolivian army. Over 40 years after his death, Che remains a complex figure. He wrote several books, poems, and gave many memorable speeches over the course of his lifetime. Some people regard him as a romantic hero with the guts to sacrifice everything to help poor people. Others say that he was a traitor who helped destructive communist dictatorships come to power. Whichever you believe to be true, we are reminded of Che's life constantly on T-shirts, hats, posters, tattoos, and even bumper stickers.
埃內斯托．格瓦拉於1928年出生於阿根廷，童年時期好讀詩書，也是西洋棋高手和傑出運動員。1948年，他進入布宜諾斯艾利斯大學修讀醫學，完成學業之後周遊南美洲的貧窮國家行醫。這趟旅行讓他體會了日復一日的窮苦日子，於是發誓要改變這一切。 他成為革命人士的第一步跨向了瓜地馬拉。為了協助瓜地馬拉總統哈科沃．阿本斯完成其土地改革的雄心，埃內斯托於1953 年前往該國。由於埃內斯托常在演說時使用「切」（Che）這個感嘆詞，使他得到了「切」這個綽號，意思是「嗨」。切在瓜地馬拉待沒多久，阿本斯總統就在1954年被美國政府推翻。切旋即展開抗爭，不久仍被迫逃往墨西哥。 1956年，切加入了菲德爾．卡斯楚指揮的反抗軍，目標是推翻古巴政府，並以共產體制取而代之。此時，切放棄了醫師的專業，成為一名游擊隊長。他們在1959年擊敗古巴政府，奪下政權。 切並未因共產主義在古巴的勝利而滿足，他認為還有更多事要做，他視自己為鬥士，而非政治家。1965年，切．格瓦拉離開古巴，到其他地方宣揚共產革命。兩年後，他在玻利維亞被捕，遭到玻利維亞軍方處決。 切被處決的40多年後，依然是個謎樣的人物。他一生中寫過一些詩書，發表多次令人難忘的演說。有些人視他為浪漫英雄，為了救助窮人勇於犧牲一切。有人說他是叛徒，協助毀滅性的共產專政掌權。無論你相信何為事實，印有切的T恤、帽子、海報、刺青，甚至是汽車保險桿貼紙，總會讓我們不時地想起他的一生。 | 
