Guevarism
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Guevarism is a theory of communist revolution and a military strategy of guerrilla warfare associated with Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, a leading figure of the Cuban Revolution who bel
Che Guevara, after whom Guevarism is named.
Guevara as an armed guerrilla during the Cuban Revolution (1958)
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Foco
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A guerrilla foco is a small cadre of revolutionaries operating in a nation's countryside. This guerrilla organization was popularized by Che Guevara in his book Guerrilla Warfare, which was based on h
Guevarism
…Revolution who believed in the idea of Marxism–Leninism and embraced its principles. After the 1959 triumph of the Cuban Revolution led by a militant foco under Fidel Castro, his Argentine-born, internationalist and Marxist colleague, Guevara, parlayed his ideology and experiences into a model for emulation…
Raúl Castro (left) and Che Guevara (right) in their Sierra de Cristal Mountain stronghold south of Havana, in 1958. It was during this time as a guerrilla commander in the Cuban Revolution, that Guevara would base his theory of a foco-centered revolution.
Fidel Castro and his small band of rebels in 1956. This small rebel army would eventually win the Cuban Revolution.