Cuban Patriots called Mambises in 1898 charging towards Spanish Colony arm forces
 
 

Colonel Orestes Ferrara was in the same circumstances hundreds of times decapitating with his machete many Spanish soldiers during the "Cuban Independence War" better known as the "Spanish-American War."

 

CONTENTS
ORESTES FERRARA

Who was Orestes Ferrara?

Jose Marti
Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart Spanish-American War
Carlos Márquez Sterling Spanish American War Chronicles
General Maximo Gomez Cuban Insurrection
Maria Luisa Sanchez (Wife) August War (1906)
Dauntless League Of Nations
Quotes Ambassador

Anecdotes

Guaimaro Constitution 1869
Florentine Mansion 1940 Constitution
Founder Born and Died
Exile Fidel Castro's Tyranny
Books Letters Written by Orestes Ferrara
The Duelist Emigration and Italian Presence in Cuba
Family Emigrazione e Preseza Italiana in Cuba
War Heros Vicente Echerri's Paper about Ferrara
U.N.E.S.C.O. Artist Messaguer Caricature
Guillermo Petriccione Fan email
Something you might want to know Links
Black Soldiers Contact
Jose Miguel Gomez  
Contributors  
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