Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Jiménez (August 8, 1922March 5, 2011) was an Argentine–Cuban biochemist, doctor, writer, and scientist. He was also the youthful friend and traveling companion of Che Guevara during their 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin America. Granado later founded the University of Santiago de Cuba School of Medicine. He authored the memoir "Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary", which served as a reference for the 2004 film "The Motorcycle Diaries", in which he was played by Rodrigo de la Serna. An elderly Alberto Granado makes a short appearance at the end of the film. Granado
Iconic Newspapers Iconic Newspapers Iconic Newspapers is an Irish newspaper company that publishes papers such as the "Dundalk Democrat", "The Echo" and "Leitrim Observer". Iconic Newspapers are owned by Mediaforce who are majority owned by Malcolm Denmark. Iconic Newspapers hold their newspaper assets in a subsidiary called Formpress Publishing. . In 2014, Iconic Newspapers acquired Johnson Press Ireland. Johnston Press Ireland was formed following the purchase of Scottish Radio Holdings' newspapers known as Score Press by Johnston Press in 2005 for £155 million. In the same year, they also purchased the Leinster Leader Group (just after LLG had purchased Tallaght Publishing Ltd),