To which country does Guantanamo bay belong? The USA or Cuba? A bit of history would help. Much appreciated!?

Answer 1

The United States signed a treaty guaranteeing the long-term (permanent) lease of Guantánamo Bay. According to the treaty that right can only be revoked by the consent of both parties. The US has not given consent.

Answer 2

It is in Cuba.

Before the revolution in the 60's Cuba was an friend of the US. The US had helped Cuba to gain Independence from Spain in the early 20th century. Since then the US opened a military base on the island. Even after the Cuba revolution the US did not relinquish the base. The base is still there along with the Gitmo terrorist prison.

Answer 3

It is officially part of Cuba but offically leased to the United States specifically for a NAVAL base. The intent for the area was to be a supply and fuel depot for fleets assigned to the Caribean to protect American interests throughout Central America. With the advent of diesel and eventually nuclear powered fleets, the base was soon made entirely redundant for that purpose. What kept it there however was its ambiguous legal status that the Bush administration is exploiting now. Going back to the WILSON administration (1912-20) the US has run all of their "policing" military operations in Central and South America out of this base for no other purpose that it eliminated several legal considerations being on American soil brought. Let's put it this way, there's been more than one drug dealer, leftist rebel, or troublesome dictator that has gone through much the same treatment the mujahadeen are going through today. It's just no one has been that public about it. Of course being there to keep a check on Castro is another good reason for Gitmo to be there, it is only a secondary one. All one needs point out is Castro came to power in the fifties. The USN had almost entirely phased out coal fired ships prior to the thirties.

Answer 4

Neither.
It's part of Cuba but also it is not. It will remain under U.S. control as long as the U.S. want it to be so. Why? Cause Cuba can't enforce her will against the allmighty USA.
But on the other hand it can't be part of the states, for human right don't count over there. And even on a common U.S.Ar,y base outside the states human right don't stop to be human right. In Guantanamo there are no human rights for prisoners, so it can't be a part of the states, can it?

Answer 5

guantanamo belongs to the us because of a traty signed after the spanish american war.do listen to idiots who hate america.it is a navy/marine corps. base.

Answer 6

The US leases it from Cuba.

Answer 7

usa