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category: "Iran-Contra"
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tags:
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- person
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- revolutionary
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- contra-war
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summary: Che Guevara was the Argentine revolutionary executed in Bolivia with the participation of CIA agent Felix Rodriguez, a Bay of Pigs veteran who later managed the Contra resupply operation.
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born: 1928-05-14
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died: 1967-10-09
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location: "Rosario, Argentina"
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Che Guevara was the Argentine revolutionary executed in [[Bolivia]] in 1967 with the participation of [[Central Intelligence Agency]] agent [[Felix Rodriguez]], a [[Bay of Pigs|Bay of Pigs]] veteran who later managed the Contra resupply operation at Ilopango Air Base. Rodriguez had been present at Guevara's capture and execution, an experience that burnished his credentials as a counterinsurgency specialist.[^1]
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### The Rodriguez Connection
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Rodriguez's participation in the Guevara operation established him as one of the CIA's most trusted Cuban operatives. His later assignment to manage the Contra resupply operation at Ilopango Air Base in [[San Salvador]] demonstrated how the CIA recycled operatives from earlier Cold War operations into the Contra war. The same networks of Cuban exiles built during anti-Castro operations, including the Guevara hunt, were later deployed to support the Contras, bringing with them established connections to the drug trade and covert warfare.[^2]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 15.
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[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 15.
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