Che Guevara's Motorcycle Diaries companion Granado dies

[sasha031]

Alberto Granado, the motorcycle companion of Ernesto Che Guevara, has died in Cuba at the age of 88
The pair's eight-month journey around Latin America was immortalised in the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries.
The journey, begun in 1951, exposed the two medical students to deep poverty and social injustice and awoke Guevara's revolutionary convictions.
After helping Fidel Castro overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Guevara invited Granado to Cuba.
Cuban state media said he died of natural causes in Havana.After arriving in Cuba in 1961, Granado taught biochemistry at Havana University.

Granado was born in Cordoba, Argentina, on 8 August 1922 and met Guevara as a child. The film of their travels around Latin America on the motorcycle they called La Poderosa - The Powerful - was based on diaries both men kept.
Che Guevara was killed in Bolivia in 1967 as he tried to lead a revolution there. In the 2004 film, Granado was played by Argentine actor Rodrigo De la Serna. Gael Garcia Bernal played Che.

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[niyad]

1. requiescat in pacem

[Warpy]

2. I hope his passing was a peaceful one

He should be remembered as the architect of Cuba's medical system, a no frills system in a poor country that not only is able to deliver good basic care to everyone, but has also engaged in significant research to advance medicine everywhere.

It was an amazing achievement in a poor country that spent most of its post revolutionary existence under severe sanctions. Fortunately, much of that has ended except in the US, where stubborn old men don't want to admit they were wrong.

[malaise]

3. Rest in peace brother

:cry:

[northernlights]

4. rest in peace

amazing accomplishments. amazing men.

[lumpy]

5. Motorcyle Diaries movie was an excellent presentation of the Latin

American adventures of these extraordinary men. To so many they have been an inspiration to try and accomplish a betterment of humanity.

[loudsue]

6. Rest in peace, Mr. Granado.

And thank you for the good things you did with your life.

[flamingdem]

7. RIP Granado nt

[socialist_n_TN]

8. I'll add a RIP..........

and a recommend for the movie. Buen cine.

[Octafish]

9. Hasta siempre, Compay Doctor.

May revolution become a process of peace.