Do we, the US, pay rent to Cuba for having a military base?
2007-09-21 18:31:14 · 5 answers · asked by angry youngman 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
where can i find info on this?
2007-09-21 18:41:01 · update #1
They certainly should be paying rent. That's a unique situation in the world - where one country is hostile to a country in which is has a military base. And Guantanamo is nothing short of a Gulag.
It is illegal because of many attempts by Yankee imperialists to conquer Cuba, and to assassinate Castro. You can't have a base with a country you're making war with (whether declared, or undeclared).
2007-09-22 02:32:55 · answer #1 · answered by Iain G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the original agreement said 2000 gold coins. That is now $4085 a month. But under Castro only one of those checks has ever been cashed.
Since we cost them millions a month by embargoing them it would appear like a whipped puppy to cash those checks. Especially considering what the base is used for. Besides what we hear in the news its also a big support of the embargo which has been trying to crush Cuba since the 1960's. By the way, the cost of the embargo is huge.
2007-09-24 04:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by Gandalf Parker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we were given Guantanamo Bay for our operations in an agreement brokered when we liberated Cuba from Spain's murderous grip in the Spanish-American War. Of course Castro says it's not legal, but even treaties and agreements from over a 100 years ago are still valid unless they've been superceded by another one, or are made invalid by war between those two countries.
2007-09-21 19:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there is a lease agreement, signed over 100 years ago. However, the Cuban government now says that the lease is illegal.
2007-09-21 18:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by slishou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no we took it and we own it. Kind of a thorn in castro's side
2007-09-21 18:38:40 · answer #5 · answered by Geoff C 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋