Baracoa
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Baracoa, whose full original name is Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa, is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. The area was visited by Admiral Christoph
A view of Baracoa across the bay
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The Bay of Honey with El Yunque towering in the background
A cabin in the hills near Baracoa
Hatuey
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Hatuey, also Hatüey, was a Taíno Cacique of the Hispaniolan cacicazgo of Guanaba. He lived from the late 15th until the early 16th century. He and many of his tribesmen travelled from present-day La G
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…peoples, including the Guanahatabey, Ciboney, and Taíno. They were almost eradicated by European diseases throughout the island. A local hero is Hatuey, who fled from the Spanish in Hispaniola and raised an Indigenous army to fight the Spanish in Cuba. According to the story Hatuey was betrayed by a…
The monument of Hatuey, in Baracoa city, Cuba—the place he besieged the most while fighting the Spanish forces.
Monument of Taíno chief Hatuey in Yara city, depicting the moment he was burnt by Spanish soldiers, bound to a tamarind tree planted in 1907.
Plate at the base of the monument. It reads "To the memory of Chief Hatuey, the unforgettable Indian, precursor of Cuban liberty who offered his life and glorified his rebellion in martyrdom by flames on February 2, 1512. Monuments Delegation of Yara, 1999".
Burning of Hatuey. From a bas-relief of the portal of El Capitolio of Havana.