Che Guevara

✦ June 2nd; Havana; Cuba, 1959. . .

At the time of their marriage, which took place on June 2, 1959 in Havana, "Che" was about to turn 31, and Aleida was 22. This marriage was formalized shortly after "Che" obtained a divorce from his first wife, Hilda Gadea.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the 31-year-old Argentine doctor. His intense and defiant gaze. A doctor, strategist, poet, and born leader.

Meanwhile, a 20-year-old Argentinian man, who had served as a soldier, specifically as a medical intern, since the beginning of the Revolution, observed this entire process. Perhaps he, who had grown up, learned, and shared with Ernesto, felt a slight betrayal, but Ernesto had chosen her. He felt his heart break, filled with the misunderstood feelings of the time, as he watched them. Of course, with the passage of time, he had fallen in love with Ernesto. At first, he tried to deny it, but that only made it worse. How he looked at him, felt for him, followed him, wrote to him, cried for him, helped him... he certainly could never understand why.

That day, while the wedding was being celebrated, the blond young man watched from his seat next to the Castro brothers, who were with their current wives, as they were joined in marriage. He couldn't help but feel a heat in his chest, the same heat that burned like acid on every inch of his skin. Was it pain? He didn't know. Jealousy? Most likely. Betrayal? He didn't think so. Everything led to the same conclusion: "Two souls united, one heart broken." Why her and not him?

“For my heart, your breast is enough; for your freedom, my wings are enough.”