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A new descendant of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has passed away. This time it is about Camilo, 60, who had a low public profile, but directed the Study Center that bears the name of his father in Havana. The incident occurred during a visit to Caracas, as a result of a “pulmonary thrombosis that led to a heart attack.”
This Tuesday, August 30, Camilo Guevara March died while on a trip to Caracas, according to the official Prensa Latina news agency. The son of the revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara headed a center dedicated to studying the life and work of his father, as well as spreading and defending his ideals.
Camilo, 60 years old and a graduate in labor law, died as a result of a “pulmonary thrombosis that led to a heart attack,” reported the Venezuelan media.
With a generally low public profile, where he appeared only at events in honor of his father, together with his mother he was director of the ‘Che Guevara’ Study Center, located in Havana. These facilities house documents and other elements related to the leader of Argentine origin.
This was the third of the four children born to Aleida March and ‘Che’, a doctor who became a legendary icon for his fight alongside Fidel Castro during the Cuban revolution and later led rebel groups in Congo and Bolivia, where he was assassinated. by a gunshot in 1967.
With deep sorrow we say goodbye to Camilo, Che’s son and promoter of his ideas, as director of the Che Center, which preserves part of his father’s extraordinary legacy. Hugs to his mother, Aleida, to her widow and daughters, and to the entire Guevara March family. pic.twitter.com/n7PaAVbmC2
– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) August 30, 2022
Within his ideals, Camilo was a faithful opponent of the use of his father’s image as an element of marketing campaigns. He argued that the figure of ‘Che’ had been disproportionately commercialized.
The one who showed his regret through social networks was the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Carnel Bermúdez. “With deep pain we say goodbye to Camilo, Che’s son and promoter of his ideas,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
The president also highlighted the role that the deceased had as “director of the Che Center”, where he kept “part of his father’s extraordinary legacy.” “Hugs to his mother, Aleida, to her widow and daughters and to the entire Guevara March family,” he closed.
Ernesto Guevara is also survived by a daughter, Camila. She is the result of the marriage that the Argentine had with the late singer Suylén Milanés, a descendant of the Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés.
Along with Aleida March, she conceived Camilo, Aleida, Celia and Ernesto; while he had another daughter, Hilda –dead-, with the Peruvian Hilda Gadea.
With AP and local media
