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Bahia de Guantanamo, USA Naval Base (CW 2001) |
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| This part of Cuba has been occupied by the USA since 1903. At the end of The Second War of Independence between the Cuban people and Spain the USA declared war to Spain. Soon after the USA defeated Spain in a battle nearby Santiago de Cuba and occupied Cuba. In 1901 USA senator Orville Platt attached a rider to the US Army Appropriations Bill of 1901 giving the USA the right to intervene military in Cuba's internal affairs whenever the USA decided such intervention was warranted. The Cubans could get independence if they agreed with this so called "Platt Amendment". in 1902 Cuba became an independent state and in 1903 the USA used the Platt Amendment to occupy Quantanamo Bay to create a naval base. On May 29, 1934 president Franklin D. Roosevelt of the USA arranged for the abrogation of the Platt Amendment, but extended the lease for the naval base for 99 years. Today (2002) the base is used to imprison supposed Al- Qaeda-terrorists, who were captured in Afghanistan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bahia de Guantanamo, You can't visit the naval base but it's very easy to get a good look at the base. If you go to Hotel Guantanamo, Calle 13 Norte and ask for Peter Hope, he will bring you for around $ 10.00 (2001) to the Mirador de Malones. You will need a car to get there and a guide to get you through the checkpoints along the way. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
