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Politics is the alleged reason behind the auction of the piece of hair along with other artifacts that belonged to the collection of Gustavo Villoldo- a Cuban-born former CIA operative:
“(Villoldo) doesn't like the way Che has become a political icon, so he's anxious to get the whole story out,” (Heritage Auction Galleries’ Tom) Slater told AFP. “He feels that Che was a murderer and a bandit and it was appropriate to hunt him down.”
Previous posts on Guevara's legacy have looked at the revolutionary’s connection to his image in
Sources- BBC News, The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune,
Image- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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