Ñancahuazú region

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The Ñancahuazú region is a remote, rural area of southeastern Bolivia known as the base of operations for Che Guevara’s guerrilla campaign in the late 1960s.

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Ñancahuazú region canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
rural area ⓘ
associatedWith Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN) ⓘ
Che Guevara ⓘ
Ernesto Che Guevara’s Bolivian campaign ⓘ
conflict Bolivian government vs. Che Guevara’s guerrillas ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
countryDuringEvents Republic of Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Bolivia
era Cold War ⓘ
event Bolivian guerrilla campaign of 1966–1967 ⓘ
hasClimate subtropical ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasRiver Ñancahuazú River ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement small peasant communities ⓘ
hasVegetation Chaco and sub-Andean forest ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1960s ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbolic site of Latin American revolutionary movements ⓘ
knownFor Bolivian insurgency of the 1960s ⓘ
Che Guevara’s guerrilla campaign ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
southeastern Bolivia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) ⓘ
nearbySettlement La Higuera ⓘ
Vallegrande ⓘ
notableFor site of Cold War–era guerrilla conflict ⓘ
notableYear 1967 ⓘ
partOf Bolivian lowlands ⓘ
linked to: northern Bolivia
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
strategicFeature dense vegetation ⓘ
difficult access ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
terrain forested ⓘ
hilly ⓘ
remote ⓘ
rural ⓘ
timeOfUseAsGuerrillaBase 1966 ⓘ
1967 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure limited road access ⓘ
usedAs base of operations for guerrilla warfare ⓘ
usedFor military counterinsurgency operations by Bolivian Army ⓘ
visitedBy Cuban and Bolivian guerrilla fighters ⓘ

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