Bolivar and Che

[JaqueseD]

Hallo I have some questions, it has to do mostly with the relation between Bolivar and Che.

-I heard that both of them were almost considered a myth? Why?
-If you could explain their goal, their "mission" in a few words what would you say?
-What is the clearest similarity between the two?
-And in which way weren't they similar at all?

[Edward Penishands]

Errr, I think they both wanted to unite Latin America into one confederation of sorts and of course they were both warriors and they both died in great frustration because their dreams were not realized.

[Hannah Rush]

Bolivar and Guevara were both idealists railing against overt and covert domination of sovereign countries by foreign entities whose claim to power lay in a certain technological/economic upper hand, as well as a certain arrogance combined with the pure luck of being in the right place at the right time.
Both were willing, as Guevara wrote of himself, "to put his skin (or hide) on the line in order to demonstrate his truths."
In word and action both reached the souls, for better or for worse, of those they directly communicated with and those who came to know of them.
Part of their differences are purely historical. Bolivar fought against colonialism and Spain. Guevara fought against imperialism and, ultimately, though indirectly, the United States.
Guevara has never had a country named after him, as has had Bolivar.
Clearly, I am only skimming the surface here, but what can you expect with this type of arena?
Actually, your question merits at least a term paper, would make an excellent thesis, and could be responded to with a tome.
Read, ask and learn.
What is even more fascinating to me are the similarities and differences between Guevara and Martin Luther King Jr. They Were contmporaries. They were both executed/assassinated. Though one carried a gun and one a Bible, they both attempted to alert humankind that a new paradigm of values was imperative.
Try comparing Guevara'a speech to the Cuban health workers sent into the field shortly after the revolution and King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech, and see what you think.

Be Well,
Hannah Rush