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🎀 Che Guevara had developed asthma, as it ran on his mother’s side, and developed it while catching a cold after swimming. Due to his asthma him and his family lived in Alta Gracia-a northern part of Argentina, as it had a dry climate, and many individuals with asthma lived there for that particular reason.

🎀 Che was a very active track and field and rugby athlete. His rugby team, Estudiantes, which Alberto Granado coached. Grando would become an important friend of his as he joined Che during his motorcycle diaries and shared interests in books and medicine!

🎀 Che was in love with his cousin… Carmen Cordova Iturburu de la Serna as they shared an interest in poetry!

Quote: “She often stayed in the Guevaras’ home, where she recalled romantic interludes with Ernesto on the stairwell, talking ‘of literature… and of love because, as often happens between cousins, we too had our idyll. Ernesto was so handsome!’ “ 

🎀 When Che was about 13-14, he and his friends accidentally saw N@z!'s doing secret operations at a hotel.

Quote: “Through an open window, said Bidlinosd, they caught a glimpse of a couple men busy at ‘a long table with lots of metal boxes and things’ But before they could see more, their presence was detected. ‘They heard us, someone came out with lanterns, and fired two shots at us. We left and never returned.’

Source: Che by Jon Lee Anderson