Orestes Ferrara

He was also an attorney, a journalist, a writer and an entrepreneur who founded one of the most successful newspapers of La Habana, El Heraldo de Cuba.

Ferrara was born in Napoli in 1876 and since his teens promoted the ideals of Risorgimento as an admirer of Garibaldi.

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.