Argentine-born Marxist political activist (1928–1967) who played a central role as Fidel Castro’s most trusted associate during the Cuban Revolution. After serving in various positions in Castro’s government, Guevara organized and led guerrilla efforts to overthrow the corrupt regimes of the Congo and Bolivia. Captured during a 1967 campaign in Bolivia, he was executed on the following day and instantly attained status as a martyr and one of the most revered and influential political revolutionaries of the 20th century. Rare DS, in Spanish, signed (as usual) “Ché,” one page, 14 x 11, January 22, 1960. A provisional certificate for a $300,000.00 bank bond from the Cuban National Bank, registering the terms and conditions of the “Issuance of ‘Bonds of the national Institute of Savings and Housing, 1959-1979.’” In fine, clean condition, with cancellation stamp to body, as well as two neat rows of machine cancellations, and some minor light haloing to signature.
Guevara was at the very top of Castro’s government when this document was signed, serving not only as minister of industries but as president of the Cuban National Bank—and by default the island nation’s finance minister. In that latter capacity, Guevara was required to authorize financial-related documents, which he dismissively and diminutively signed solely as ‘Che,’ symbolically showing the Cuban financial sector his distaste for money and the class distinctions it brought about. Presumably, that disdain included bank bonds, such as the one offered here. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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