What is Alberto Granado?
[[File:CheOnRaft1952.jpg|thumb|Crossing the [[Amazon River|Amazon]] in 1952, Alberto Granada on left, Che Guevara right]] '''Alberto Granado Jiménez''' (8 August 1922 — 5 March 2011) was an [[Argentine]] [[biochemist]].<ref name=burnett>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/world/americas/07granado.html |title=Che Guevara's 'Motorcycle Diaries' Partner Dies at 88 - NYTimes.com |first=Victoria |last=Burnett |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 March 2011 |location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref> He traveled through [[South America]] in 1951 with his friend [[Che Guevara]] on a [[motorcycle]]. They kept a journal about the trip and what they saw. These writings were the basis for Walter Salle's [[movie]], ''The Motorcycle Diaries'' (2004).<ref name=burnett/> Granado was born in [[Hernando]], Argentina, and later studied [[chemistry]] and [[pharmacology]] at the [[University of Córdoba]]. Active in politics, he spent time in prison after taking part in student protests against the government.<ref name=burnett/> He met Che at university, and in 1951 they traveled thousands of miles and finally ended up in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]. Che went back home to finish his medical degree, but Granado stayed and worked in a [[leprosy]] clinic.<ref name=burnett/> Granada moved to [[Cuba]] in 1961 and set up the school of medicine at the [[University of Santiago]].<ref name=burnett/> He later moved to [[Havana]] and was able to work on scientific research. He died in Havana in 2011. He asked for his ashes to be scattered in Cuba, Argentina and Venezuela. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Granado, Alberto}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:Argentine scientists]] [[Category:Biochemists]] [[Category:Cuban scientists]]