How Ernesto Guevara Became ‘Che’: The Motorcycle Diaries Revisited
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How Ernesto Guevara Became ‘Che’: The Motorcycle Diaries Revisited

In 1951 when Ernesto launched his motorcycle adventure, he wanted to be a swashbuckling hero, not a Marxist revolutionary or a guerrilla fighter. On the road, he became another person. He decided that “the poor” were the “unsung heroes” of Latin America.