Cuba

The flag of Cuba is made of five equal horizontal stripes in the background, alternating blue and white, with a red equilateral triangle with its base at the hoist, with a white five-pointed star, facing upward, in the center of the triangle.
==Symbolism==
The three blue stripes represent the three original Cuban divisons. The white stripes represent power. The equilateral triangle represents equality. Red represents blood shed for Cuban independence. The white five-pointed star represents freedom.
The flag's colors are also the same colors of the flags of the United States and France.
== History ==
File:Flag of Cuba (sky blue).svg|First Republic of Cuba (1902–1906; 1909–1959)
File:Cuba.svg|Cuba (since 1959)
== Nickname ==
* Star and Stripes
** Estrella y rayas
==References==
Category:Cuba
Category:North America
Category:Caribbean
Category:Proportions 1-2
Category:Stars and stripes
Category:Communist