Mario Monje Molina (29 March 1929 – 15 January 2019) was a

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n politician, founder Secretary-General of the

Communist Party of Bolivia The Communist Party of Bolivia ( es, Partido Comunista de Bolivia) is a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1950 by Raúl Ruiz González and other former members of the Revolutionary Left Party (PIR). It remained small and did not hol ...

''(Partido Comunista Boliviano, PCB)''. When the party split into a pro-Soviet and a pro-Beijing wing in 1964, he became the leader of the pro-Soviet wing. He agreed to help

Che Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...

incite a revolution in Bolivia in 1966, but later changed his mind.

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(Che's widow) blames Monje for the death of her husband.Anderson, Jon Lee. Che Guevara a revolutionary life. New York: Grove, 1997. 705. Monje Molina died on January 15, 2019, of

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In popular culture

Monje Molina was portrayed by actor

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in the 2008 film '' Che: Part Two''.

References

1929 births 2019 deaths Communist Party of Bolivia politicians Bolivian communists People from La Paz People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union {{Bolivia-politician-stub