For Che Guevara, smoking a cigar is not a luxury, but the most important part of his revolutionary path. Cigars such as his spiritual companions erode the hardships of life full of aral and distress.
Together with his loyal guerrilla fighters who have revolutionized, Guevara once said: tobacco smoking in leisure is a true friend to lonely fighters.
Cigar-smoking habits are also acted by many of the world's greatest men, including Fidel Castro (his favorite Cohiba brand) and his opponent John F. Kennedy (buying up a thousand more Cuban cigars before embargoing the embargo), to great people like Winston Churchill (8 to 10 cigarettes a day).
Che Guevara, an immortal legend from Argentina. The story of heroism continues to be told from generation to generation through word of mouth all over the world. He is one of the revolutionary movement figures in Latin America. In addition, Guevara became the second man after Fidel Castro in Cuba's new government after the revolution. His figure is known by the whole world, but few people know the marvelous journey of his life. Here are 5 things that escape your attention about the figure of the insurgent fighter, Che Guevara.
In June 1953, Che Guevara had completed his medical studies. He graduated with Doctor Ernesto Guevara. While still in college, he was very interested to learn Leprosy.
His figure as a legendary and revolutionary warrior makes us forget that Guevara was just an ordinary human who has a family. Guevara had a son with his first wife, Hilda Gadea. Gadea was a Mexican girl born on February 15, 1956. Then Che had four children with his second wife, Aleida in March. Aleida is a revolutionary as well. The picture above is Camilo, Che's son.
In 1965, after the revolutionary was won by him, Guevara left Cuba. He then became involved in the international revolutionary struggle. He traveled all the way to Africa and eventually fought in the Congo. A year later, Guevara goes back to Bolivia. Che organized the uprising to bring down the pro-US Bolivian military government. Che wants to install a communist government there. But fate says otherwise. On October 8, 1965 near Vallegrande, Guevara was captured by the Bolivian military. On the orders of Bolivian President Barrientos, Che was executed. After his execution, Bolivian army doctors amputated Che's hands. Bolivian soldiers keep the existence of Che's body secret. They preserve Che's hands with formaldehyde. Then they sent the hand to Buenos Aires to investigate his fingerprints by the Bolivian police. Then the preserved hand is sent back to Cuba.
While in Bolivia in 1967, Che was arrested by the CIA who poured Bolivian troops. They killed Che when he was 39 years old. But at the moment his name and reputation are embedded strongly. He became an icon of the world and his face appeared in flags, placards, etc. as a hero of the revolution in the world.
Guevara has become a national hero in Cuba. The picture of his face is over the currency of the Cuban Peso. In 2008, a 12-meter bronze statue was carved to honor Che. The statue was inaugurated in his hometown, the Rosary. In addition, Guevara has been regarded as a saint by Bolivian farmers. He is nicknamed "Saint Ernesto", where the farmers will pray to Che for help. However, the Catholic Church does not regard Guevara as a saint and opposes worship of it.
