Orestes Ferrara

Orestes Ferrara Marino
Orestes Ferrara Marino

Orestes Ferrara y Marino (18 July 1876, Naples, Italy - 16 February 1972, Rome),[1] known in Italy as Oreste Ferrara, was an Italian Cuban, who fought for Cuba's independence. He was even an attorney, a journalists, a writer and an entrepreneur who founded one of the best newspapers of La Habana.

Life

Ferrara was born in Napoli in 1876 and since teenager promoted the ideals of Risorgimento as a Garibaldi fan. At the young age of 20 he went as volunteer to Cuba in order to fight for its independence.

Ferrara spoke at rallies against Spanish oppressors for the Cuban exiles in Florida. He often wore his revolutionary garb, a uniform that had been used in Garibaldi years in Italy. After graduating as attorney in Italy, he went on to lead an expedition to Cuba and fight as a guerrilla with some of his Tampa followers. He eventually rose to numerous positions in the Cuban Republic: Ferrara was President of the House of Representatives, ambassador to the USA and delegate to the UNESCO.

Ferrari during his nearly one hundred years of life was:

In 1959 Ferrara, who was against the communist dictatorship promoted by Fidel Castro, decided to go back to Italy where he died in 1972.

Literary works

Ferrara wrote many books and documents, as journalist and editor:

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