There are some uncanny analogies between the story of Osama bin Laden’s life and death and that of a another charismatic political outlaw, who, once upon a time, “declared war” on the United States.
On October 9, 1967, just over fifty years ago, the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto (Che) Guevara was shot to death by a Bolivian Army sergeant in a schoolroom in a tiny hamlet in southeastern Bolivia.
My grandmother used to light a candle to worship him, even though her idol had been an atheist throughout his life. The memory still dances in quivering light: When I was a child in the late ’70s in ...
Che Guevara might have considered the United States his worst enemy, but he faced an even greater threat to his revolutionary ambitions: asthma. While it was U.S.-trained Bolivian forces who killed ...
Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Portrait of Che Guevara (1928-1967) in Cuba, undated. Rothman is managing editor at TIME. These days, as his face gazes out from t-shirts, murals and dorm-room ...
Nonstop mind-numbing livestreams, engagement farming YouTube series, and infinite scrolling: These are the innovations of an internet-brain-rotted generation that craves constant stimuli. che, newly ...