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Cuba celebrates the life of revolutionary hero Tamara Bunke
Tamara Bunk in 1964 before leaving for Bolivia

A NEW exhibition celebrating the life of Cuban revolutionary Tamara Bunke opened in Villa Clara province today to mark the 81st anniversary of her birth.

The opening of the show is part of a series of commemorations that have been held across the year marking key dates in Cuba’s revolutionary history.

Last month saw the opening of an exhibition dedicated to the life of Che Guevara in the art gallery of the Félix Varela centre at the Central University of Las Villas, in Santa Clara.

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