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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born to a middle-class family in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on June 14, 1928. Disgusted by the corrupt Argentine military dictatorship, Guevara became a dedicated Marxist while in his teens. As a student he vowed to devote his life to revolutionary causes, and in 1953 he received a medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires. He left Argentina later that year to take part in a Communist revolt in Guatemala. There he adopted his revolutionary nickname and nom de guerre of "Che", the local slang for "pal." When the revolution in Guatemala failed the following year, Che fled to Mexico where he was introduced to another Communist revolutionary in exile, Fidel Castro.
Joining Castro's July 26 Movement, named after the date of Castro's aborted 1953 revolution in Cuba, Guevara sailed with Castro and over 80 guerrillas to Cuba, where they landed on December 2, 1956, bent on overthrowing Gen. Fulgencio Batista's government. The invasion force was decimated by a combination of fierce attacks by government troops and air strikes, and Castro, Guevara and about 10 others fled to the Sierra Maestra mountains of southern Cuba and established a base there. In July 1957 Che was assigned command of half of Castro's forces and given the rank of Comandante, a title he shared only with Castro himself. For the next year and a half he led his insurgents against government forces in the province of Las Villas, aided by the growing hatred by the population of Batista's corrupt and brutal government. Castro's forces were bolstered by help in both recruits from and material assistance by the local population. Che's attack against and decisive defeat of government forces in Santa Clara in December 1958 sealed the fate of Batista's crumbling government. He fled into exile on January 1, 1959, and Castro's troops marched unopposed into Havana a week later. After Castro assumed power, Che became one of his most trusted advisers and a leading international revolutionary and was appointed Minister of Agriculture. In 1960 he wrote a book titled "Guerilla Warfare," a manual for Third World insurgents, as part of his plan to spread Communism throughout the world. Che resigned his government post in Cuba in 1965 and traveled widely to Africa and other insurgent hot spots in the world, including the Belgian Congo, where he organized local Communists in revolts against the colonial government and trained Cuban contingents there. The training included taking courses in French, it was the language of Belgium, the Congo's colonial power, and was also spoken by many locals. Guevara wanted to make sure his men were able to effectively communicate with the locals in their own language.
In November 1966 he surfaced in Bolivia to organize a revolt by local Communist insurgents. However, the "revolution" there didn't garner much support from the Bolivian peasantry, most of whom were poorly uneducated (or not educated at all) and spoke mostly local Indian dialects rather than Spanish, which made communication with them difficult. They also preferred to support the Bolivian government rather than a group of mostly foreign revolutionaries they neither knew nor trusted, and they often reported the locations and numbers of Che's forces to Bolivian military authorities. After a long and unsuccessful campaign during which Che's men were relentlessly pursued and whittled down by government troops, his "revolt" in Bolivia came to an abrupt end. On October 7, 1967, he and the surviving members of his group were ambushed and captured by government soldiers. Two days later, on October 9, Che was executed by a Bolivian firing squad, supposedly acting under orders from the CIA, which was training the Bolivian army.- Cinematographer
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Monika Ertl was born in 1937 in Hamburg, Germany. She was a cinematographer and director, known for Vorstoß nach Paititi (1956), Olympia 72 (1971) and Hito-Hito (1958). She died on 12 May 1973 in El Alto, Bolivia.- Born Robert Leroy Parker in Beaver, Utah, in 1866, the outlaw later to become famous as Butch Cassidy (he took the name Butch because he was once a butcher and the name Cassidy in honor of a local rancher who had befriended him as a youth) started his criminal career at an early age, stealing livestock when he was just a teenager. He soon left the Beaver area and hooked up with other rustlers and thieves, eventually forming a gang known as The Wild Bunch, which included such well known desperadoes as The Sundance Kid and Harvey Logan. The gang began robbing banks, payrolls and trains all over Colorado and Utah, and became so proficient at it that the Pinkerton Detective Agency was hired to run them down, and in addition a $4000 bounty (a huge sum at the time) was placed on their heads. The gang soon broke up and Cassidy and his partner The Sundance Kid headed to Mexico. Even that wasn't far enough, however, as both the Pinkerton detectives and professional bounty hunters were soon in Mexico looking for them, so they fled to Argentina, where they set up shop--under assumed names--as cattle ranchers. The ruse worked for a while until one night The Sundance Kid, under the influence of too much alcohol, began to brag about the many robberies they had gotten away with. A few days later a bank in a nearby town was robbed by two English-speaking bandits, and suspicion immediately fell upon the two, who were forced to pull up stakes and flee again. They wound up in Chile, and though they made several attempts to settle down and give up their lives of crime, circumstances dictated otherwise. They eventually crossed into Bolivia with plans to rob a bank in the small town of San Vicente. A hotel worker, having heard that the police were on the lookout for two English-speaking bank robbers, became suspicious of the pair and informed the local police chief. The chief and two of his men approached them in a restaurant, whereupon the Sundance Kid opened fire, killing one of the officers. The two gunmen fled and the police requested help from an army cavalry regiment that happened to be in town, and the soldiers and police soon trapped Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in a small house, where, after an all-night siege and gun battle, the two were found dead the next morning of gunshot wounds. Although rumors have surfaced over the years claiming that the pair actually escaped the battle and returned to the US, so far no real evidence has surfaced to conclusively prove that story.
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Arthur Beavis was born on 2 June 1925 in Shoreditch, London, England, UK. He is known for Victor/Victoria (1982), Lassiter (1984) and For Queen & Country (1988). He was married to Marie Lillian Cohen. He died on 8 June 2016 in Bolivia, North Carolina, USA.- Rosa Ríos was born on 17 April 1935 in La Paz, Bolivia. She was an actress, known for Cuestión de fe (1995), Don Chinche (1982) and Olvidados (2014). She died on 19 August 2018 in La Paz, Bolivia.
- Jorge Antonio Saavedra was born in 1950 in Beni, Bolivia. He was an actor, known for Dependencia sexual (2003). He died on 29 July 2022 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
- Hugo Banzer was born on 10 May 1926 in Concepción, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He died on 5 May 2002 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
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Jorge Ruiz was born in 1924 in Sucre, Bolivia. He was a cinematographer and director, known for La vertiente (1959), Volver (1969) and Mina Alaska (1968). He died on 24 July 2012 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.- Cinematographer
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Hans Ertl was born on 21 February 1908 in Munich, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Nanga Parbat 1953 (1953), Vorstoß nach Paititi (1956) and Ein Robinson (1940). He died on 23 October 2000 in Chiquitania, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.- Eduardo Rózsa Flores was born on 31 March 1960 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He was an actor, known for Chico (2001), Bolse vita (1996) and Kisváros (1993). He died on 16 April 2009 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Domitila de Chungara was born on 7 May 1937 in La Paz, Bolivia. She was an actress, known for The Night of San Juan (1971) and Women of the Mine (2014). She died on 13 March 2012 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
- Ubaldo Nallar was an actor, known for All Souled Out (2017), El juego de la silla (2012) and Ding Dong (2016). He died on 7 June 2021 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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Óscar Soria was born in 1917 in La Paz, Bolivia. He was a writer and director, known for Ukamau (1966), Blood of the Condor (1969) and Mi socio (1983). He died in 1988 in La Paz, Bolivia.- Mario Teran was born on 9 April 1941 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was married to Julia Peralta Salas. He died on 10 March 2022 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Harry Longabaugh was born in 1867 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 6 November 1908 in San Vicente, Bolivia.
- Sebastián Leiva was a composer, known for La vorágine (2015), Trepadores (2013) and Mi nombre es VIP (2012). He died in February 2019 in Bolivia.
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Lola Almudevar was born on 28 June 1978 in Nottingham, England, UK. She was an actress and producer, known for The Rainbow (1988) and BBC Inside Out: (West) (2002). She died on 25 November 2007 in La Paz, Bolivia.- Composer
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Ernesto Cavour was a composer and actor, known for Crimen sin olvido (1968), The River with No Bridge (1992) and Tinku (El Encuentro) (1985). He died on 7 August 2022 in Bolivia.- Rafael Monroy was born on 14 October 1926 in Bolivia. He was an actor, known for Clandestino destino (1987). He was married to Lourdes Villavicencio Ortuño. He died on 18 October 2011 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
- Jaime Junaro was born in 1949 in Oruro, Bolivia. He was an actor, known for El celibato (1981) and Re#Volución (2018). He died on 7 June 2021 in La Paz, Bolivia.
- Roberto Valcárcel died on 25 July 2021 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Iván Nogales Bazán was born on 13 November 1963 in La Paz, Bolivia. He was an actor, known for El silencio a gritos (2018). He died on 21 March 2019 in La Paz, Bolivia.
- María Elena Alcoreza was an actress, known for The Andes Don't Believe in God (2007), Engaño a primera vista (2016) and Olvidados (2014). She died on 15 December 2016 in Bolivia.
- Freddy Alborta was born in 1932 in Bolivia. He died on 18 August 2005 in La Paz, Bolivia.
- Gary Pardo Salmón was born on 15 November 1938 in Rome, Italy. He died on 6 May 2023 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Agar Delos was born in 1937 in Cairoma, La Paz, Bolivia. She was an actress, known for Amargo mar (1987), Sealed Cargo (2015) and ¿Quién mató a la llamita blanca? (2007). She was married to Gonzalo Murillo. She died on 9 June 2019 in La Paz, Bolivia.
- Jorge Medina was born on 24 April 1968 in Coroico, La Paz Department, Bolivia. He was an actor, known for American Visa (2005). He died on 23 November 2022 in Bolivia.
- Roberto Guilhon was an actor, known for Che: Part Two (2008), Lo más bonito y mis mejores años (2005) and Los viejos (2011). He died on 20 July 2019 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
- Adrian Barrenechea was born on 29 October 1954 in Paris, France. Adrian was a composer, known for Patricia, una vez basta (2005). Adrian died on 26 December 2023 in La Paz, Bolivia.
- Nilo Soruco was born on 6 July 1927 in Tarija, Bolivia. Nilo was a composer, known for The Night of San Juan (1971). Nilo died on 1 April 2004 in Tarija, Bolivia.
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Fernando Martínez was born in 1975 in Bolivia. He was an assistant director and director, known for ¿Por Qué quebró Mc Donalds? (2011), El atraco (2004) and American Visa (2005). He died on 27 December 2013 in Bolivia.