Mario Monje

Mario Monje Molina (29 March 1929 – 15 January 2019) was a Bolivian politician, founder Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Bolivia (Partido Comunista Boliviano, PCB).^[1] 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 incite a revolution in Bolivia in 1966, but later changed his mind. Aleida March (Che's widow) blames Monje for the death of her husband.^[2]

Monje Molina died on January 15, 2019, of pneumonia in Moscow.

In popular culture

Monje Molina was portrayed by actor Lou Diamond Phillips in the 2008 film Che: Part Two.

References

^ Jacobson, Sid and Ernie Colón. Che: A Graphic Biography. Hill and Wang, 2009. 99.
^ Anderson, Jon Lee. Che Guevara a revolutionary life. New York: Grove, 1997. 705.

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[1] Jacobson, Sid and Ernie Colón. Che: A Graphic Biography. Hill and Wang, 2009. 99.

[2] Anderson, Jon Lee. Che Guevara a revolutionary life. New York: Grove, 1997. 705.

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