![]() ![]() The diaries made it to Cuba, though, and a copy of them was released to the public for free. The diaries leaked out of Bolivia not long after Guevara’s death, and it was said that the Bolivians were going to sell them to the highest bidder. ![]() They eventually traveled through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, and finally Miami before Guevara returned via cargo plane to Argentina. He had already done a long trip through Argentina in 1950 and felt prepared for the longer version he and Granado had decided to pursue. They left Buenos Aires, Argentina in January 1952 on “La Poderosa” (The Mighty One), a single cylinder 1939 Norton 500cc. Guevara was twenty-three years old when he and friend, Alberto Granado, decided to travel around Latin America. Though the work predated Guevara’s radical political days, many of his ideological convictions were formed on this journey and thus are present in the text. It achieved even more prominence when turned into a popular film in 2004, and has been on bestseller lists many times. ![]() Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey is a beloved hybrid of bildungsroman, travel writing, political commentary, and diary. ![]()
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