Simeon Cuba Sarabia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simeon Cuba Sarabia

Bolivian-born Marxist, member of Che Guevara's ELN guerrilla movement

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1935

Place of Birth: Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1967

Profession: partisan, miner, trade unionist

Nationality: Bolivia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Simeón Cuba Sarabia (15 January 1935 – 9 October 1967), also known as Willy, was a member of the Ñancahuazú guerrilla column led by Che Guevara in Bolivia.
Born in the Cochabamba region of Bolivia, he became a leader among tin miners in Huanuni and served as the secretary of organization and secretary of militias of the local mine workers' union.
He also carried out various social service activities for the benefit of the miners' families.
Cuba Sarabia joined the Communist Party of Bolivia (PCB) but resigned from it in 1965 to become a member of the Bolivian Marxist–Leninist Party which favored armed struggle.
When he urged that group to put its principles into practice, he was expelled from it along with Moisés Guevara.
It was Moisés Guevara who brought him into Che Guevara's Ñancahuazú guerrilla group in March 1967.