Essay About Ernesto Guevara And Guevaras Family

Short Chronicle of a Revolutionary
Essay title: Short Chronicle of a Revolutionary
SHORT CHRONICLE OF A REVOLUTIONARY
June 14, Ernesto Guevara was born in the city of Rosario, Argentina.
Guevaras family moved to Alta Gracia, province of Cordoba, Argentina
Ernesto Guevara traveled around the Argentinian provinces.
December; he left for Chile and Peru with his friend Granado. Guevara lived for a short time in
the leper colony of Huambo. Then he continued his journey to Bogata and later to Caracas.
Back in Buenos Aires, he finished his studies in medicines. After that, he left for Bolivia with
another friend, Ferrer. They planned to go to Venezuela, passing through Peru and staying for
some time in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They met others Argentinians and decided to go to Central
America. They travelled through Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala. There, Guevara met Hilda
Gadea, whom he would marry with later, in Mexico. Guevara got in touch with Peruvian exiles.
June; invasion of Guatemala against Arbenzs goverment. Guevara had to escape to Mexico,
where he met Cuban exiles.
July; he met Fidel Castro who told him about his plans to invade Cuba. He joined the group and
started his military training.
December 2; disembarked on Cubas south coast. December 18, the 12 survivors started the first
guerrilla in the Sierra Maestra.
June; Che was named commander. By the end of the year, the war in Cuba entered the decisive
stage. Guevara was requested to make the journal Cuba Libre in the mountain range.
December 29; Ches column fought its final battle and overtook Santa Clara. December 31,
president Fulgencio Batista escaped to Santo Domingo.
January 2; triumphal entrance of Che and Camilo Cienfuegos in La Habana. February; Che is
declared Cuban born. On June 2, he married Aleida March. From june till august, Che travelled
through Africa, Asia and Yugoslavia. On October 7, Fidel Castro named him head of the Industry
Department in the Agrarian Reforms National Institute. On November 26, he is named president
of the National Bank.
Che finished his book “Guerra de guerrillas”(“Guerrilla warefare”), published under the
responsibilty of the Rebel Departments Instruction Deparment. Its first edition is censored all
over Latin America. On July 26, during the First Latin America Youth Congress, Che defined the
Cuban revolution as a marxist one. In October, he wrote “Nota para el estudio de la revolucion
cubana” (“Notes for the studies about Cubas revolution”), in which he reviewed the revolutions
stages. From October 21 to Febrary 1961, he traveled to the socialist countries (in particular, to
China, Czechoslovakia and the USSR) as part of a commercial delegation.
On February 23, he was named Minister for Industry and he quit the National Banks presidency.
In April, he wrote “Cuba, caso excepcional o vanguardia en la lucha contra el imperialismo”
(“Cuba exceptional case or avantgarde in struggle against imperialism”). On april 17, Playa
Giron