... drier climate of Alta Gracia (Cordoba) where his health did not improve. He received his primary education at home, mostly by his mother, Celia de la Serna. He early became a voracious reader of Marx, Engels and Freud which all were available in his father's library, it is probable that he ... and by the long series of squalid political crises in Argentina which culminated in the 'Left Fascist' dictatorship of Juan Peron, to whom the Guevara de la Sernas were opposed. These events and influences inculcated in the young Guevara a contempt for the pantomime of parliamentary democracy, and a...

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... Spain, consisting of wide windows and balconies that make houses approachable and open. Military fortresses around the country awe many visitors. The fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña, the biggest in America, and the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, first bulwark castle in the continent, are both in Havana. These fortresses indicate that the Spanish settled in Cuba, while providing protection to ... was a fanatic about revolutionary ideals and left very important contributions to modern poetry and important books as Elegy for Jesus Menendez, Motives of Son, Tengo, Por el mar de las Antill...

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... , you could almost be transported back 300 years. Between walking around the city, attending a Cuban baseball game, visiting the University of Havana and several fortresses such as Castillo de la Fuerza and Catillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, my first two days in Havana were quite busy. I planned on relaxing on one the beautiful beaches on the white sand overlooking the crystal ... ...

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