Che Guevara
publication date: Monday, April 1, 2024 (part of April 2024)
category: Military
clue: Long before this Marxist revolutionary appeared on the shirts and dorm walls of college students, he kept "motorcycle diaries" of his travels as a young man, including his pivotal trip to a mountaintop ruin that opened his eyes to the exploitation of the locals around it.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Samir Mehta

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