The Cauto River or Río Cauto is the longest river in Cuba , as well as the longest river in the Caribbean . Located in the southeast of the island, it is one of two navigable rivers in Cuba, the other being the Sagua la Grande River .
6-648: The Cauto flows for 371 km (231 mi) from the Sierra Maestra to the west and north-west, and enters the Caribbean Sea north of Manzanillo . However, it provides only 110 km (70 mi) of navigable waterway. A 2013 study led by multiple Cuban academic institutions determined that the river could be 'classified as unpolluted to moderately polluted'. It flows through the provinces of Santiago de Cuba , Holguin , and Granma . The communities of Palma Soriano , Cauto Cristo , and Rio Cauto are located along
12-521: A revolution throughout the region. They built up guerrilla columns, and in collaboration with other groups in the central provinces, Escopeteros on the foot-hills and plains, and the urban resistance, eventually overthrew Batista on 1 January 1959. Calls of the Cuban subspecies of the ivory-billed woodpecker , now possibly extinct , were reported but not confirmed in the Sierra Maestra in 1998; it remains
18-676: Is rich in minerals, especially copper , manganese , chromium , and iron . The Sierra Maestra has a long history of guerrilla warfare, starting with the resistance of the Taínos under Guamá (died 1532), the Cimarrón Neo-Taíno nations escaped slave cultures, the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898), and various minor conflicts such as the Race War of 1912 , and
24-530: The old Oriente Province in southeast Cuba , rising abruptly from the coast. The range falls mainly within the Santiago de Cuba and in Granma Provinces . Some view it as a series of connecting ranges (Vela, Santa Catalina, Quemado Grande, Daña Mariana), which join with others to the west. At 1,974 m (6,476 ft), Pico Turquino is the range's – and the country's – highest point. The area
30-447: The river. Rice, sugarcane, tobacco, and cattle are the primary agricultural beneficiaries along its course. [REDACTED] Media related to Río Cauto (river) at Wikimedia Commons This article related to a river in Cuba is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sierra Maestra The Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of
36-472: The uprisings of Antonio Guiteras (died 1935) against Gerardo Machado (President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933) and Fulgencio Batista (President 1940–1944 and 1952–1959). After Fidel Castro returned to Cuba in 1956 from exile in Mexico , he and the few other survivors from the failed 1953 attack on Moncada Barracks hid in the Sierra Maestra. There they succeeded in expanding their 26th of July Movement , starting
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