About Canek Sánchez Guevara
Canek Sánchez Guevara (1974–2015) was a Cuban author, photographer, musician and dissident. The grandson of Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara, he grew up in the upper crust of post-revolutionary Cuban society, but soon became disillusioned with the government of Fidel Castro. After his mother's death, he went into exile in Mexico, where he worked as a writer for Proceso, penning criticisms of the Cuban government from a left-wing anarchist perspective. He died in 2015, following complications with cardiac surgery. As he grew older, Sánchez Guevara became increasingly disillusioned with the government of Fidel Castro, which he likened to a monarchy, due to its repression of dissident activists and artists.
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