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| Born | Hilda Gadea Acosta (1925-03-21)21 March 1925 Lima, Peru |
| Died | 11 February 1974(1974-02-11) (aged 48) Havana, Cuba |
| Alma mater | National University of San Marcos |
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| Children | 1 |
Hilda Gadea Acosta (21 March 1925 – 11 February 1974)[1][2] was aPeruvianeconomist,Communist leader, andauthor. She was the first wife of communist revolutionaryChe Guevara.
Gadea Acosta was Secretary of the Economy of the Executive National Committee forAlianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA,American Popular Revolutionary Alliance).[2] Her activities inPeru led to her exile in 1948. She first met Guevara inGuatemala in December 1953.[2][3] Gadea and Guevara moved toMexico due to pressure from their politics. She introduced Guevara to several Cuban rebels.
Gadea married Guevara in Mexico in September 1955, after learning she was pregnant. The marriage ended in a divorce in May 1959. They had a daughter named Hilda Beatriz "Hildita" Guevara Gadea in February 1956 who died of cancer in 1995.[4]
Following theCuban Revolution, in which Guevara fought, Gadea came toCuba, to be confronted with the announcement by Guevara that he had fallen in love with another woman,Aleida March, and requested adivorce. Gadea remained loyal to Guevara's political movement; she died inHavana in 1974.[4] She wrote the memoirMy Life With Che.[2] Gabriel San Roman, a writer forZ Magazine, began writing a play about Gadea.[5]
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