Bolivian campesinos began honoring Che Guevara as a miraculous folk saint named San Ernesto
After the execution of revolutionary Che Guevara in 1967, the residents of the Bolivian village of La Higuera transformed the fallen guerrilla leader into a supernatural figure known as San Ernesto.
Following Che Guevara's death at the hands of the Bolivian army in 1967, the local campesinos in La Higuera began to notice a striking resemblance between the deceased revolutionary and artistic depictions of Jesus Christ. This observation sparked a unique religious phenomenon where Guevara was canonized by the community as 'San Ernesto.'
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