Rosario, Argentina
Ernesto Guevara is born on 14 June. Asthma shapes his childhood and pushes him toward books, chess and rugby.
Born into comfort, trained as a doctor, made by the road. Here is the arc.
Ernesto Guevara is born on 14 June. Asthma shapes his childhood and pushes him toward books, chess and rugby.
He qualifies in medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, then sets out again across the continent.
He witnesses the US-backed coup against President Árbenz, which hardens his views on imperialism.
He meets Fidel Castro and joins the plan to overthrow Batista.
President of the National Bank, then Minister of Industries. He travels the world as Cuba's envoy.
He is captured on 8 October and executed the next day, aged 39.