The indigenous tribes of Vieques, Puerto Rico merged with groups from Cuba and from this neighboring Caribbean island to form the Taino culture. A local hero of Baracoa, Cuba is Hatuey, who fled this same island and raised a Taino army to resist the Spanish in Cuba. Which island is being described?

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Hispaniola. Hispaniola links Vieques and Baracoa through the Taino people. Vieques tribes merged with groups from Hispaniola and Cuba to form Taino culture, and Baracoa's hero Hatuey fled Hispaniola to lead a Taino resistance against the Spanish in Cuba.