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1. Why was the date on Ernesto "Che" Guevara's birth certificate altered when he was born?

When Che Guevara's mother was married, she was already three months pregnant with Che. She did not want this indiscretion formally noted, so she requested that the date on her son's birth certificate be changed. Che Guevara was born on either May or June 14th, 1929, but no one is quite sure when.

2. What is yerba maté?

Yerba maté is a type of holly that the Guevara family grew on a small plantation in Rosario for the first year of Che's life. The plant was grown and then brewed into a beverage like tea, but the family soon had to come up with other means of income as the price for the yerba maté plummeted.

3. How did the Guevara family react when Che was diagnosed with a medical condition at the age of two?

When Che was two years old, he was diagnosed with asthma, a condition that would plague him for his entire life. The family decided not to move back to their yerba maté plantation because the air was too thick for Che's lungs. Che's heath dictated many of the moves the Guevara family underwent during Che's childhood as they were always looking for locations that might improve his health.

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