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33 facts about Che Guevara
1. Ernesto Che Guevara as a child called Tete, which translated means "pig" - a diminutive of Ernesto. Later, he earned the nickname Hog.
2. Fear of cold water, which sometimes caused asthma attacks spawned from Ernesto aversion to personal hygiene.
3. The first two academic years, Che Guevara could not go to school and studying at home, as the daily suffering asthma attacks. The first attack of asthma happened to Ernesto Che Guevara at the age of two years, and the disease haunted him until his death.
4. Ernesto entered the State College named Dean Funes-just 30 years old.
5. Che Guevara was born in Argentina and Cuba are interested in the age of 11, when in Buenos Aires came the Cuban Capablanca chess. Ernesto was very passionate about chess.
6. From 4 years old Guevara passionately carried away by reading, good at home parents Che was a library of several thousand books.
7. Ernesto Che Guevara was very fond of poetry and even wrote poems himself.
8. Che was strong in the exact sciences, especially in mathematics, but chose to become a doctor.
9. Che Guevara in his youth fond of football (as well as most boys of Argentina), rugby, horse riding, golf, gliding, and loved to travel by bicycle.
10. The name of the newspaper Che Guevara appeared for the first time not in connection with the revolutionary events, and when he made a motorbike tour to four thousand kilometers, toured all of South America.
11. Che Guevara wanted to dedicate his life to treating lepers South Americans like Albert Schweitzer, the authority of which he admired.
12. In the 40s, Ernesto even moonlighted as a librarian.
< 13. In his second trip to South America, Che Guevara, a doctor of biochemistry Alberto Granados earn money for food casual underworking: washing the restaurants dishes, treated the peasants or acted as veterinarians, repaired radios, they worked as porters, porters or sailors.
14. When Che Alberto reached Brazil Colombia were arrested for suspicious and tired. But the police chief, being a football fan familiar with success in football in Argentina, delivered them to know where they came from, in exchange for a promise to train the local football team. The team won the district championship, and fans have bought tickets for their flight to the capital of Colombia - Bogota.
15. In Colombia, Guevara and Granandos again trapped behind bars, but they were released, taking the promise to immediately leave Colombia.
16. Ernesto Che Guevara did not want to serve in the army, with the help of an ice bath trigger an asthma attack and was found unfit for military service.
17. Che is very interested in ancient cultures, many of them read, and was often on the ruins of the ancient Indian civilizations.
18. Coming from a bourgeois family, he said, having the medical degree, sought to work in the most disadvantaged areas, even for free, to treat the common people.
19. Ernesto once came to the conclusion that in order to be successful and wealthy doctor, not necessarily be the preferred specialist, and you must serve the ruling classes and invent imaginary useless medicines for patients. But Che believed that he must devote himself to improving the living conditions of the masses.
20. June 17, 1954 there was an invasion of armed groups from Honduras Armas in Guatemala, began shooting the supporters and the Arbenz government bombardment of the capital and other cities of Guatemala. Ernesto Che Guevara asked to be sent to the area of the fighting, and called for the creation of militias.
21. «Compared with me, he was more advanced revolutionary" - says Fidel Castro.
22. Che Guevara learned to smoke cigars in Cuba, to ward off pesky mosquitoes.
23. Che at no one shouted, and did not allow mockery, but often used strong words in the conversation, and it is very harsh, "when it is necessary».
24. June 5, 1957, Fidel Castro singled column led by Che Guevara in the composition of 75 fighters. Che was awarded the rank of Commander (Major). It should be noted that in the period of the revolution in Cuba in 1956-1959 years Comandante was the highest rank among the rebels. The most famous Commandante - Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos.
25. As a Marxist Ernesto Che Guevara blamed "fraternal" socialist countries (USSR and China) in the imposition of the poorest countries in terms of exchange of goods, such as those which dictates imperialism on the world market.
26. Che Guevara in the early 1950s jokingly signed the letter "Stalin II».
27. For the life of Che, leading a guerrilla was wounded in battle 2 times. Che wrote to his parents after the second injury, "spent two remaining five," meaning that he, like a cat seven lives.
28. Ernesto Che Guevara shot Bolivian army sergeant Mario Teran, who pulled the short straw in the dispute between the soldiers of the right to honor kill Che. Sergeant was ordered to shoot carefully in order to simulate death in battle. This was done to avoid accusations that Che was executed without trial.
29. Many people in Latin America after the death of Che, began to consider him a saint, and turned to him «San Ernesto de La Higuera».
30. Che traditionally, with all monetary reforms, depicted on the front of the denominations of three Cuban pesos.
31. The famous worldwide two-color full-face portrait of Che Guevara, became a symbol of romantic revolutionary movement. The portrait was created by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick with pictures of 1960, made by the Cuban photographer Alberto Korda. On take Che visible asterisk Jose Marti, the hallmark of Comandante received from Fidel Castro in July 1957 with this title.
32. of the famous song «Hasta Siempre Comandante» («Comandante forever"), contrary to popular belief, was written by Carlos Puebla to death of Che Guevara, not after.
33. According to legend, Fidel Castro, gathering supporters, asked them a simple question: "Is there anyone among you at least one economist? "Hearing instead of the" economist "-" Communist "Che raised his hand first. And then it was too late to retreat.
Source: www.kabanik.ru
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