Café La Habana - Mexico City where Che Guevara and Fidel Castro planned the Cuban Revolution
Posted: March 18, 2021
Drinking a coffee at the iconic Café La Habana in Mexico City, where Che Guevara and Fidel Castro planned the Cuban Revolution.
Che Guevara worked at the General Hospital in Mexico City:
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Marxist revolutionary, born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 14 1928. He studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires and in 1950, undertook a solo bicycle expedition and later a motorcycle tour with Alberto Granado and the notes of which led to the iconic book, "The Motorcycle Diaries".
In 1953, he set out again, travelling through, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala before arriving in Mexico City on September 21, 1954.
He worked in the allergy department of the General Hospital:
In 1953, he set out again, travelling through, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala before arriving in Mexico City on September 21, 1954.
He worked in the allergy department of the General Hospital:
It is believed he lived at apartment 16, 40 Calle Napoles, Juarez, Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City:
Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba (1959 - 1976) and later as President (1976 - 2008), born in Biran, Oriente in Cuba, on August 13, 1926.
Whilst studying law at the University of Havana, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas, and after getting involved with rebellions in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned to overthrow the then-president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista. And after he attacked the Moncada Barracks in 1953, he was arrested.
In 1955, he travelled to Mexico and formed the 26th of July Movement, the date of the failed attack in Santiago de Cuba, with his brother Raul.
Fidel Castro lived at Calle José de Emparán- 49, Tabacalera, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, hanging out with fellow revolutionaries.
Whilst studying law at the University of Havana, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas, and after getting involved with rebellions in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned to overthrow the then-president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista. And after he attacked the Moncada Barracks in 1953, he was arrested.
In 1955, he travelled to Mexico and formed the 26th of July Movement, the date of the failed attack in Santiago de Cuba, with his brother Raul.
Fidel Castro lived at Calle José de Emparán- 49, Tabacalera, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, hanging out with fellow revolutionaries.
Where did Che Guevara first meet Fidel Castro?
This is the plaque which commemorates the first meeting of Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in July 1955:
Soon after they first met, Guevara joined the 26th of July Movement and they would frequently meet at the Café La Habana in Mexico City (Av. Morelos 62, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc):
Plaque in the Café La Habana with the names of the cafe's most famous clients, Octavio Paz, Fidel Castro, Ernesto Guevara, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jesus Martinez, Renato Leduc and Roberto Bolaño:
Together, they planned the Cuban Revolution.
During the Summer of 1956, Guevara, Castro and several Cubans were arrested for Illegal possession of firearms and were jailed for a short period.
After their release, they set sail for Cuba and within 2 years had overthrown Batista.
During the Summer of 1956, Guevara, Castro and several Cubans were arrested for Illegal possession of firearms and were jailed for a short period.
After their release, they set sail for Cuba and within 2 years had overthrown Batista.
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