Che Guevara in popular culture Che Guevara in popular culture Appearances of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara (1928–1967) in popular culture are common throughout the world. Although during his lifetime he was a highly politicized and controversial figure, in death his stylized image has been transformed into a worldwide emblem for an array of causes, representing a complex mesh of sometimes conflicting narratives. Che Guevara's image is viewed as everything from an inspirational icon of revolution, to a retro and vintage logo. Most commonly he is represented by a facial caricature originally by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick and based on Alberto Korda's famous 1960 photograph
Authentic Revolutionary Party (Bolivia) vigorously opposed Alberto Natusch Busch and helped rally civilian and military opposition to the colonel's ruthless rule. Alberto Natusch Busch was driven from office – but political compromises were necessary which prevented Wálter Guevara Arze from reassuming the interim presidency. That post went to Lidia Gueiler Tejada, a dissident leader of the Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left, who had also backed Víctor Paz Estenssoro in the 1979 general election. As interim President, Lidia Gueiler Tejada was entrusted with the task of conducting the nation to new general elections in 1980. The Authentic Revolutionary Party has little popular following or