Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-1310192-20121224215413/@comment-32656-20121227092720

Then what I said is definitely true. Didn't know it was coming until it was too late.

Havana really isn't more fortified - Mexico City is inland, with good terrain for defense, along with many fortified ports. More secure, overall, and not near as much of a backwater. Nor was Havana under direct rule - Cuba was under New Spain.

Unlike the Brits and their colonies, Spain's relationship with their colonies was really a one-way street. There's basically no way short of a 100% turnaround for that to change - and if they do that, the Spanish revolt.

Haiti was good and independent by this point. Should really have no effect there.