Historical relevance Punta Brava

1 historical relevance

1.1 ten years war
1.2 cuban war of independence
1.3 1906 uprising
1.4 cuban missile crisis

historical relevance
ten years war

during ten years war, ship formerly called uss hornet landed @ punta brava loaded ammunition cuban rebels, cargo captured spanish soldiers , of landing party (consisting of sixty men, venezuelans) arrested.

cuban war of independence

punta brava , nearby town of guatao scene of massacres during cuban war of independence; general maceo died there in battle on december 7, 1896. fidel castro referred maceo s death in punta brava in 1992 ( maceo, not defeated day fell in punta brava ); on other hand, castro s father, Ángel castro y argiz, day maceo died had been 1 of best , proudest days of war, since company killed general.

the next year, punta brava site naked american named kelley surrendered spanish commander , given shirt , pair of trousers: kelley, had disappeared havana in april 1897, had reportedly told insurgents expert in dynamite. they, believing spy, stripped , hanged him, rope broke , kelley managed escape, naked otherwise intact.

1906 uprising

in 1906, unsuccessful insurrection deemed ended after negro gen[eral] quentin bandera, daring insurgent in havana province, killed near punta brava 2 mulatto comrades frightfully gashed machetes of mounted rural guards ended careers.

cuban missile crisis

during cuban missile crisis, soviets reportedly built missile site in punta brava.