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About 10,000 Cubans gathered today to honor Che Guevara, the man who helped Fidel Castro take power in the 1959 communist revolution. Calling Che "a flower yanked prematurely from its stem," Castro, too weak to attend, praised the icon in a message read to the crowd. The rally was held to recognize the 40th anniversary of Guevara's death at the hands of CIA-backed Bolivian troops.
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