| Bolivian President Evo Morales has paid | | | | Speaking at the event, Mr. Morales praised |
| homage to revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" | | | | his two closest allies, Cuban President |
| Guevara in the Bolivian village where the | | | | Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, |
| legendary leftist was executed in 1967. | | | | for standing up to the "empire" - a reference |
| | | | to the United States. |
| Mr. Morales led a ceremony in Guevara's honor | | | | |
| Wednesday in the remote eastern village of La | | | | The Bolivian president said he would "take up |
| Higuera. It is the first time a Bolivian | | | | arms" against the "empire" if it attacked |
| leader has made such a tribute. | | | | either Bolivia, Cuba or Venezuela. |
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| Wednesday's event was held to celebrate the | | | | In 1966, Guevara launched another communist |
| 78th anniversary of the birth of Guevara - | | | | insurgency in Bolivia, but he was captured |
| the leader of the 1959 Cuban revolution that | | | | and executed by Bolivian troops a year later. |
| brought Fidel Castro to power. | | | | Guevara was 39 when he died. |
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