1967 in Bolivia

Events in the year 1967 in Bolivia.

← 1966 1965 1964 1967 in Bolivia → 1968 1969 1970
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1967 History of Bolivia  • Years

Incumbents

• President: René Barrientos
• Vice President: Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas

Events

• August 31 - 9 members of Che Guevara's guerrillas are killed in government ambush
• October - Ñancahuazú Guerrilla defeated by Government of Bolivia with CIA assistance. Che Guevara captured and executed

Deaths

• August 31 - Tamara Bunke, Argentine-born East German revolutionary, killed in ambush by Bolivian Army
• October 9
  • Che Guevara, Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary involved in Cuban Revolution and Simba Rebellion in Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Simeon Cuba Sarabia, Bolivian trade unionist and revolutionary, associate of Che Guevara