20 Feb 2009
Fausta
A Felino Tañada’s foray into the life and times of the founder of Sacred Heart Academy in Lucena City, Hermana Fausta, in the 1920s

Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man.
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Ernesto Che Guevara

Fidel Castro

Camilo Cienfuegos

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez

Israel Pardo

Jorge Sotus

Leonardo Tamayo Núñez

Celia Sánchez

Joel Iglesias Leyva

Lisa Howard

Vilo (Juan Vitalo Acuña)

Ciro Redondo García

Rogelio Acevedo

Pombo (Harry Villegas)

Benigno (Dariel Alarcón Ramírez)

Aleida March
Juan Almeida

Tuma (Carlos Coello)

Raúl Castro

Vaquerito
20 Feb 2009
A Felino Tañada’s foray into the life and times of the founder of Sacred Heart Academy in Lucena City, Hermana Fausta, in the 1920s


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