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Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños - ANAP (National Association of Small Farmers)

image by Ivan Sache, 17 April 2019

ANAP (Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños - National Association of Small Farmers) was established on 17 May 1961 to represent the interests of Cuban small farmers. Grouping more than 3,500 grass-root organizations, ANAP counts more than 200,000 members.

The flag of ANAP is red with the association's emblem, counter-colored - white letters "ANAP" superimposed with a green map of Cuba.

Photos
http://www.biodiversidadla.org/Documentos/Cuba_Documento_que_revisa_situacion_del_campesinado_antes_del_59_con_motivo_de_los_55_anos_de_ANAP
http://www.vanguardia.cu/villa-clara/13838-bandera-60-aniversario-de-la-ley-de-reforma-agraria-concluye-periplo-por-el-territorio
Ivan Sache
, 17 April 2019


Automovil y Aero Club de Cuba


image by Miles Li, 21 June 2014

The burgee of the (pre-Castro era) Automovil y Aero Club de Cuba.
Miles Li, 21 June 2014


Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (Cuba Workers Central)

The CTC (Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, Cuba Workers Central) gathers several labor unions regarding each economic sector, such as the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de las Comunicaciones, la Informática y la Electrónica (National Union of Communications, Information and Electronics Workers), the SNTA (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Azucareros, (National Union of Sugar Cane Workers) or the SNTC (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de las Ciencias, National Union of Scientists) (official website), 19 in total (as of 2006, according to this page). 
It was established in 1961 as CNOC (Confederación Nacional Obrera de Cuba, National Labor Confederation of Cuba), after the Cuban Revolution, but it has its roots as early as 1933."
Sources: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_de_Trabajadores_de_Cuba and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Central_Union_of_Cuba

The CTC awards the "Vanguardia Nacional" (National Vanguard) flag meeting several criteria, and it applies to economy sectors such as a small productive unit, called UBPC (Unidad Básica de Producción Cooperativa, Cooperative Basic Production Unit) as well as government oriented services, such as meteorological associations and even collective productive entrepreneur oriented associations, called UEB (Unidad Empresarial Base, Basic Entrepreneur Unit). (Bear in mind that Cuba does not have a market economy, there is no private property, so ther are no companies as the basic productive unit, but rather communal associations called cooperatives).

Once the flag is awarded, to an individual or to a "colectivo" (collective) (an informal term to denote an association), the person and or organization that receives the award acquires the condition of "Vanguardia", since it is an award that grants a status and is given annually. Hence, it is not ratified nor it is lost.
Source: http://www.sindicato-ciencias.cu/vanguardias.html

The flag is a red horizontal flag with the word "Colectivo" (Collective) on top, in the middle featuring a logo which is the bust of Jesús Menendez a sugar cane labor union member, and on the bottom it reads "Vanguardia Nacional" (National Vanguard) as seen here.
Source: http://www.trabajadores.cu/20150318/entregan-bandera-de-vanguardia-nacional-a-mejor-ubpc-canera-del-pais/
The "Vanguardia Nacional" flag had already been reported barely explained and labelled as "Other Communist Flags".

The CTC flag consists of the logo on a red horizontal flag, as seen here.
Source: http://www.trabajadores.cu/20150126/centro-de-inmunologia-molecular-recibe-bandera-de-la-ctc/
The CTC flag itself is also used as an award intended for the same scope of organizations as the "Vanguardia Nacional" flag award.

The CTC also has Congress flags, regarding their meetings, like the ( XVIIth Congress - flag on the top), XIXth Congress and the XXth Congress flag which features the XXth Congress logo on a
red horizontal flag. The Congress is held every five years.
Sources: http://www.aldia.cu/?mod=noticias_archivadas_seccion&seccion=79
http://www.fq.uh.cu/descargas/Trabajadores%20Sindicato%20Facultad/ESTATUTOS%20FINAL.pdf

For additional information go to CTC (official websites, but currently down)
http://www.cubasindical.cu/
http://www.cubasindical.cubaweb.cu/  (accessible through https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cubasindical.cubaweb.cu/ )
Esteban Rivera, 21 October 2015


Gaviota


image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 March 2014

We were in Cuba, for our annual week away from winter and just to maintain the tradition, here are the flags flying outside of the Melia Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. The third flag is for Gaviota (the direct translation is "seagull"), my understanding is that they are the main "owners" of most Cuban hotel properties and most of Cuban tourism. In Cuba the hotels are only managed by foreign chains, all properties are owned by the Cuban government, which (as I understand it) were once or may still be, under the control of the Cuban Air Force. Most of the coaches carrying tourists are labeled Gaviota (for tours) or TransGaviota (for transferring tourists to and from the airport, etc.). Here is a website which shows the full logo. http://www.gaviota-grupo.com/en
Crawford Van Horne, 23 March 2014

The other flags were national flags of South American and European countries.
Rob Raeside, 23 March 2014