Cuba

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The national Flag of the Republic of Cuba bears a strong resemblance to that of the Puerto Rican Flag, nonetheless the flag itself is still unique in its own right. In spite of Cuba's communist status, its flag is unfazed in that it doesn't possess any trait that would make it look as if it belonged within the second world, a trait shared with the Laotian Flag.

Cuba's flag was mainly designed by a Venezuelan anti-colonialist named Narciso López and a poet named Miguel Teurbe Tolón, who operated in New York City during the mid 19th century. The three blue stripes were created to represent the three departments in which Cuba was divided into during this time. The white stripes signified light and the purity of ideals. The red triangle was designed to emphasize the infamous French revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity while its color, red, embodied the common themes of bloodshed and courage. The star was added onto the flag to make it appealing for the United States to annex Cuba into statehood. Since then, the flag has seen numerous battles as the struggle for the independence of Cuba continued and by 1902, when the lone star flag was hoisted on the flagpole of the castles of the Tres Reyes del Morro in Havana, it marked the birth of a nation and the end of the bloody struggle for independence. The Flag has remained unchanged since then.

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