Territory of Santo Domingo (1493-1511)
The Governor of Santo Domingo (Spanish: Capitanía General de Santo Domingo) was the first colony in the New World, created by the Spanish island of Hispaniola. The colony was governed by the royal court of Santo Domingo, which had jurisdiction over the Spanish possessions in the Caribbean and most of its continental coast, making Santo Domingo a major political entity during the early colonial period.
古巴海外省（1511-1521）
Governorate of CubaThe island of Cuba has been under the control of the Viceroy of Santo Domingo since the 16th century. In 1510, the newly reinstated viceroy of India, Diego Colón, organized the conquest of Cuba under the command of Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, who became the first governor of Cuba until his death in 1524. Velázquez founded the city of Our Lady of Asunción in Baraco in 1511 and convened a local government council (General Cabildo) with the authority of the King of Spain to administer Cuba. Hernán Cortés The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was carried out from Cuba. Cuba was incorporated into New Spain after the conquest of Mexico.
New Spain (1521-1607)
The Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España) was a Spanish colonial satrapy governing North America and the Philippines, with its capital in Mexico City. The Viceroyalty of New Spain encompassed the southwestern part of present-day Mexico, Central America (except Panama), California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and present-day British Columbia, plus the Viceroyalty of Guatemala (including present-day Guatemala, Chiapas, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) and the Viceroyalty of Cuba (including present-day Cuba, Chiapas, Mexico, Belize, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, and Guadeloupe), and the Philippine Governorate in Asia (including the present-day Philippines, Guam, the Caroline Islands, the Mariana Islands, the Spanish Sultanate of Almosa, and the Sultanate of Denady).
Viceroy of Cuba (1607-1899)
The Viceroyalty of Cuba (Spanish: Capitanía General de Cuba) was an administrative region of the Spanish Empire founded in 1607 as part of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty to better defend and administer its Caribbean possessions. The reforms also established governors in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and the state of Yucatan.
U.S. Military Government in Cuba (1898-1902)
The First Occupation of Cuba, officially known as the United States Military Government in Cuba (Spanish: Gobierno militar estadounidense en Cuba, English: United States Military Government in). Cuba) was a provisional military government established by the United States in Cuba after the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, when Spain ceded Cuba to the United States.
Provisional Government of Cuba (1906-1909)
The Second Occupation of Cuba by the United States, officially known as the Provisional Government of Cuba, was a military junta that ran from September 1906 to February 1909. In 1906, Cuban President Estrada Palma was re-elected, but the opposition accused the election of fraud, chaos broke out throughout the country, and the Parma regime collapsed. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered U.S. troops to invade Cuba to protect U.S. economic interests in Cuba. Charles Magón established another pro-American government in Cuba, and the United States imposed military rule over Cuba until 1909.
Republic of Cuba (1902-1906; 1909-1959)
The Republic of Cuba (Spanish: República de Cuba) was the republic that ruled Cuba from 1902 to 1959, beginning with Cuba's independence from the Spanish Empire and the collapse of the U.S. military government in Cuba in 1902 and ending with the Cuban Revolution in 1959. During this period, Cuba underwent various changes of government and military occupation by the United States, and the United States exerted a great influence on Cuban politics, including the adoption of the Pratt Amendment, which placed Cuba in a U.S. protectorate.
Republic of Cuba (1959-present)
The coat of arms of Cuba was inaugurated on April 24, 1906 as a coat of arms. The shield consists of three parts, with a vertical rod and a cap of freedom. It is surrounded by laurel and oak branches. The location of the island of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, between the Florida Peninsula in the United States and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, is shown above the coat of arms, and the green land on either side of the key represents the two peninsulas. The key itself is placed between the two peninsulas, symbolizing Cuba's important geostrategic location as a gateway to Mexico. During the Spanish colonial era, Mexico, Cuba and Florida were all under the rule of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
The sun rising above the distant horizon symbolizes the newly born independent republic, and the rising sun is above the key, indicating that the island of Cuba is on the Tropic of Capricorn. The lower left side of the coat of arms repeats the five blue and white diagonal stripes on the flag, which represent the colors of the sea and purity, and the three blue stripes represent the three eastern, central and western provinces of Cuba in the early days. On the lower right side is a Cuban national tree, King Palm, and mountain forests, symbolizing the richness of the country. Behind the coat of arms is a bundle of rods and a Phrygian cap, representing national sovereignty and national freedom, respectively. On the left and right sides of the shield are oak branches and laurel branches, which have the connotation of eternal life and victory of the republic.
The coat of arms was designed by the Cuban patriotic poet Miguel Teurbe Tolón. On April 24, 1906, the Cuban Parliament approved its use. This coat of arms was used after the Cuban Revolution.