'Che' Guevara's widow unveils memoir

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HAVANA (AFP) — The widow of legendary Cuban-Argentinian Ernesto "Che" Guevara unveiled her memoir, "Evocation," here Thursday, in which she narrates her six years with Cuba's hero before he left her to spread revolution in Africa.

Aleida March, 71, dedicated her book to "my children, my greatest source of inspiration" and to her late husband's comrade-in-arms, former Cuban president Fidel Castro, "to whom I owe everything."

"I've never given an interview to reporters, nor will I ever do so. Everything I have to say is written down in this book," March said on presenting her memoir published by Casa de las Americas.

She said that after finding it hard to think back to her few years of conjugal life with Guevara from 1959 to 1965, the inspiration for...