Narcisco López
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Narcisco López was a Cuban born soldier of fortune. He fled Cuba for New York City in 1848 after a failed attempt to create a revolt among Cuban planters. He tried three times to raise filibuster expeditions to invade Cuba. His 1849 effort was blocked and the ships assembled for it were seized even before it had left the United States. A second effort in 1850 reached Cuba, but his forces were unable to raise a successful revolt and were forced to flee the island with a Spanish warship chasing him all the way to Key West. His final 1851 effort led to the capture of his force and his execution. However, his efforts were not entirely for nought as the flag he used on his expeditions was ultimately to become the flag of Cuba.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion • Brothers to the Rescue • Cuban American • Cuban-American lobby • Cuban Five • Cuban Missile Crisis • Elián González • Guantanamo Bay Naval Base • Helms-Burton Act • List of Cuba-US aircraft hijackings • Luis Posada Carriles • Mariel boatlift • Opposition to Fidel Castro • Platt Amendment • Spanish-American War • United States embargo against Cuba • United States Interests Section in Havana • United States Ambassadors to Cuba •
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