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In Ireland, you can now buy Che Guevara stamps

Che Guevara was a famous -- some would say infamous -- Latin American revolutionary. He helped lead the communist revolution in Cuba in the 1950s. He was subsequently caught and executed for trying to launch a revolution in Bolivia. So why is he now being honoured in Ireland? Chris Woolf explains.

(Image: A stamp featuring Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is held up outside the General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland on October 10, 2017. Credit: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images)

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