The light come along in a fantastic appearance of energyChristmas is the lightful end of the yearChe Guevara was a Marxist revolutionary allied with Fidel Castro who went on to become an iconic cultural hero. Synopsis Born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 14, 1928, Ernesto R. Guevara de la Serna studied medicine before traveling around South America, observing conditions that spurred his Marxist beliefs.