2007-11-03 15:00:18 · 5 answers · asked by Rajan9 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
We have a lease with them for the land that can not be stopped unless we fail to pay the amount that was agreed upon when the lease was formed
The United States assumed territorial control over Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty, which granted the United States a perpetual lease of the area.
2007-11-03 15:09:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
The US has been leasing the property used to house the Guantanamo Naval Station and had been under US control from the time of the 1898 Spahish American War. The formalization of the lease took place in 1903. The lease is paid by the US to Cuba BUT the Cuban government has yet to cash in check since 1961.
2007-11-03 15:20:00 · answer #2 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
We have had the base since the Spanish-American war, I think. The cuban government at that time ceded the US the right to set up a base there. When Castro took over, the US did not recognize his government, so we ignored their demand that we leave the base. It is to our interest to have a naval base in the Caribbean, too.
2016-04-02 03:26:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz we used to, before Castro took over.
2007-11-04 01:00:49 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because when we were negotiating with Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis they said we could have a base there.
2007-11-03 15:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 11⤋