 In mid @-@ January 1959 , Guevara went to live at a summer villa in Tarara to recover from a violent asthma attack . While there he started the Tarara Group , a group that debated and formed the new plans for Cuba 's social , political , and economic development . In addition , Che began to write his book Guerrilla Warfare while resting at Tarara . In February , the revolutionary government proclaimed Guevara " a Cuban citizen by birth " in recognition of his role in the triumph . When Hilda Gadea arrived in Cuba in late January , Guevara told her that he was involved with another woman , and the two agreed on a divorce , which was finalized on May 22 . On June 2 , 1959 , he married Aleida March , a Cuban @-@ born member of the 26th of July movement with whom he had been living since late 1958 . Guevara returned to the seaside village of Tarara in June for his honeymoon with Aleida . In total , Guevara would ultimately have five children from his two marriages . 
