Order of Ernesto Che Guevara

CUB009 Orden Ernesto Che Guevara

Order was instituted by Decree-Law No.30 of 10 December 1979.
Order is awarded to members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in active, reserve and retired military service, who have acquired extraordinary merits in compliance with internationalist missions for the sake of the independence and sovereignty of the peoples who fight against imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism and any other form of exploitation. Exceptionally, it can also be awarded to other Cuban citizens and military members from friendly countries, who, in a show of internationalist solidarity, have carried out such missions in an exemplary manner.
Order is awarded in three classes.
Che Guevara - was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary.