Helena Leiva de Holst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Honduran socialist
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Place of Birth: Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés Department, Honduras
About Helena Leiva de Holst
- Helena Leiva de Holst (1897-1978) was a socialist who traveled to both China and the Soviet Union to study Marxism.
- Her leftist politics caused her to be exiled to Guatemala, where she participated in feminist causes.
- In the 1950s, Che Guevara lived with her and dedicated some of his poetry to her.
- When the United Fruit sponsored coup d'état overthrew Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz, Leiva was exiled to Mexico.
- She finally was able to return to Honduras in the late 1960s.
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