Tamara Bunke

Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider (November 19, 1937 – August 31, 1967), better known as Tania or Tania the Guerrilla, was an Argentine-born East German communist revolutionary and spy who played a prominent role in the Cuban government after the Cuban Revolution and in various Latin American revolutionary movements. She was the only woman to fight alongside Marxist guerrillas under Che Guevara during the Bolivian Insurgency (1966–1967) where she was killed in an ambush by CIA-assisted Bolivian Army Rangers.

Personal facts

Tamara Bunke
Birth dateNovember 19, 1937
Birth nameHaydée Tamara Bunke Bider
Birth place
Buenos Aires
cause of death
Killed in action
Date of deathAugust 31, 1967
Place of death
Bolivia , Vallegrande Province
Resting place
Santa Clara Cuba , Che Guevara Mausoleum

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External resources

  1. http://chehasta.narod.ru/taniatamara.htm
  2. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/che/bolivia-guerrillas.htm