And that is why he placed there one white star (in Spanish 'Estrella Solitaria'), which, according to his plan, should later become one of the stars on the American flag. Lopez was fighting for independence from Spain and he wanted Cuba to join the United States. The flag was adopted in 1902, but it was designed already in 1849 by Narciso Lopez. In the left part of the flag, a red triangle and a white five-pointed star are located.
The Cuban flag consists of five horizontal stripes where two are white and three are blue.
