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And yet,the eight-month-long journey across South America in 1952 that made Che,was the idea of fellow Argentinian Alberto Granado Jiménez. Once Guevara and

Fidel Castro had invaded Cuba,Dr Granados political experience had been eclipsed by the guerrilla six years his junior. Granado would subsequently move to Cuba,on Guevaras invitation,from Caracas in Venezuela,become an academic and found the medicine faculty at the University of Santiago. He would remain Ches friend rather,Che would remain Granados mentor long after his own death. What made him still seek Che as do youngsters at an awkward age? In Granados own words,the idea of Che as a man who fought and died for what he thought was fair an example,not a god.

Revolutionaries are not needed after the revolution. We may never know if Castro was at all instrumental in Guevaras exit from Cuba. Born under a wandering star,Che couldnt settle down. Unlike Granado,who stayed put in Havana. Che the icon didnt need Walter Salless 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries about two dreamers initiation into reality. But,without it,would Granado be remembered across the world in his death? Well,Guevaras motorcycle diaries were published in 1992,Granados in 1978 another instance of Granado getting there first. Never mind Guevaras death in 1967.