Alberto Granado his body be cremated and his ashes spread in Cuba, Argentina and Venezuela. His death coincidentally occurred on the 51st anniversary of when Che's famous "Guerrillero Heroico" photograph was taken by Alberto Korda. With his Venezuela-born wife Delia Maria Duque Duque (married in 1955), he had three children (Alberto, Delita and Roxana). One of his sons, also named Alberto Granado, is head of Cuba's Africa House, a center in Havana that celebrates African culture. Alberto Granados was featured on the documentary film . He is portrayed by Rodrigo de la Serna in the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries based on
The Motorcycle Diaries (book) Guevara's older friend, Alberto Granado, a biochemist, and Guevara, decided to take a year off from their medical studies to embark on a trip they had spoken of making for years: traversing South America on a motorcycle, which has metaphorically been compared to carbureted version of Don Quixote's Rocinante. Guevara and the 29-year-old Granado soon set off from Buenos Aires, Argentina, astride a 1939 Norton 500 cc motorcycle they named "La Poderosa II" ("The Mighty II") with the idea of eventually spending a few weeks volunteering at the San Pablo Leper colony in Peru on the banks of the Amazon