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by Željko Heimer, 3 June 2001
Official Name: Republic of Cuba (República
de Cuba)
Capital: Havana
Location: Caribbean
Government Type: Communist State
Flag adopted: 20
May 1902
Flag Designer: Narciso López (1849)
Coat of Arms adopted: 24 April 1906
ISO Code: CU
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The official version of the Cuban government about the meaning
of the shapes and colors of the cuban flag says that the blue
stripes refer to the three old divisions of the island, the two
white to the strength of the independentist ideal, the red
triangle stands for equality, fraternity and freedom as well as
for the blood split in the strugle for independence and the lone
star symbolizes the absolute freedom among the peoples
M.V. Blanes , 19 Febuary 2000
Wasn't it so, that the star in the Cuban flag, at least at
start, was meant to become one of the stars in the Stars and Stripes ? The Cubans wanted to
belong to the US at that time (late 19th Century).
Elias Granqvist, 23 June 2000
Crampton's 'World of Flags', 1990, has: "The white star (La
Estrella Solitaria) represented a new state to be added to
the USA. The red, white, and blue also referred deliberately to
the Stars and Stripes." (p. 32)
Eve Devereux, in: 'Flags, the illustrated Identifier to flags of
the world', 1994, has: "The ironic similarity between the
"Lone Star" flag of Cuba and the Stars and Stripes of
its arch enemy, the USA, is far from coincidental. The design can
be traced to 1849 and General Narciso López (d. 1851), a
Venezuelan filibuster who, living in the USA, was anxious to
liberate Cuba from the Sp