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La Higuera

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image:Che Guevara statue.jpg right|thumb|220px|The "El Che" monument '''La Higuera''' (''Spanish: "The Fig Tree"'') is a small village in Bolivia located in the Departments of Bolivia Department of Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz, some 150 km (bee-line) southwest of Santa Cruz, Bolivia Santa Cruz de la Sierra. La Higuera lies at an altitude of 1950 m, its population (according to the 2001 census) is 119, mainly indigenous Guarani people. Politically La Higuera is part of the ''Pucará'' municipality. On October 8, 1967 the Argentina Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, was shot in his lower calf and captured by the Bolivian Military in the nearby ravine ''Quebrada del Churo'', ending the revolutionary leader's campaign to create a revolution to bring socialism to South America. Che Guevara was held in the schoolhouse, where he was killed the next day. The body was then brought to Vallegrande where it was placed on display and afterwards secretly buried at the airstrip. A monument to "El Che" and a memorial in the former schoolhouse are the major tourist attraction for this area. La Higuera is a stop on the "Ruta del Che" (Che Guevara Trail) which was inaugurated in 2004. Category:Cities in Bolivia de:La Higuera es:La Higuera (Bolivia) pt:La Higuera