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Alberto
GRANADO ROMERO

Córdoba, Argentina, 1922 - Córdoba, Argentina, 2011

Genre: Social sciences

Scientist and writer. A great friend in childhood and youth of Ernesto Guevara, he made a memorable trip through Latin America with him. After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution he decided to settle in Cuba. In 2004 he was the main advisor in the filming of the movie Motorcycle Diaries, which recalled his youthful adventures with Ernesto Guevara. He is the author of the book: With Che across South America (2001).

In Alberto Granado’s youthful ideology, the trip was a recurring motive. The young Ernesto Guevara would help to concretize with his enthusiasm that journey that they undertook one day in December 1951, when they left Córdoba in Poderosa II. Walking, they felt the beauty and poverty of South America. And friendship also grew: that is why in these notes we find, at every step, admiration, affection and respect for Alberto towards his esteemed companion. But what does Ernesto say about his friend? “Despite Calica’s enthusiasm for this place [...] I always miss Alberto’s company. Our identity of characters that complemented each other so well is more evident in Machu Picchu.”

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