In addition, Che began to write his book Guerrilla Warfare while resting at Tarará. Che returned to Tarará in June 1959 for his honeymoon after his marriage to his second wife Aleida March. At the height of tight Cuban-Soviet relations, the town housed Russian officials stationed in Cuba, and for a while (early 1990s) functioned as a recovery resort for Ukrainian children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. After 2000 (and the partial opening of Cuba to foreign investments), this was a place of choice for representatives of foreign companies that were doing business in Cuba, with the residences functioning as rental villas. In 2005, the town was turned into a recovery resort for blind patients from Venezuela, in part of a deal between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, in which Cuba offered medical expertise in return for Venezuelean oil. In 2007, the town began to receive Chinese students, especially high school graduates. This is under a project in which the Cuban government provides scholarships and facilities for those Chinese to learn Spanish. The Tarará beach houses can now be leased for a minimum one year from the government for foreign and embassy employees. In previous years Canadians, Italians and Spanish visitors rented the beach houses for long stay vacations for 1–6 months, but this has not been re-established yet as of 2009. Many houses have been renovated recently again due to interior destruction from the Venezuelan people's misuse. The Cuban doctors now go to Venezuela to treat eye patients. Oil discovery In 2006, oil was discovered in a well near Tarará. References Sources Castaneda, Jorge, The Life and Death of Che Guevara: Compañero, New York: Vintage Books (1998) Geography of Havana Beaches of Cuba Tourist attractions in Havana