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2 unusual facts about Alberto Granado


Alberto Granado

Between 2002 and 2003, he was an on-set advisor to Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries, based upon Granado's Con el Che por Sudamerica and Guevara's own account, published posthumously in 1967.

Granado's journey ended in Caracas, Venezuela, where he remained to work at the Cabo Blanco leprosarium in Maiquetía.


Chevolution

It has a running time of 1 hour and 26 minutes.The film provides commentary from a variety of perspectives including: actors Antonio Banderas and Gael García Bernal, the author of “Che Guevara a revolutionary life” Jon Lee Anderson, the American rock band Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, photographers Jose Figueroa and Laborio Naval, artists Shepard Fairey and Jim Fitzpatrick, and long-time friend Alberto Granado.

Rugby union in Cuba

Rugby was played by famous Argentinian revolutionaries Alberto Granado and Che Guevara.


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