how did the usa manage to have guantanamo bay in cuba and not take over the whole island.?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The USA had an agreement in place to rent Guantanamo Bay as part of a plan for the U.S. to slowly expand into the Caribbean region... Basically the USA wanted spots in the Caribbean islands so that if a foreign power was going to attack the US, they could get the invaders held up hundreds of miles away from the American mainland in the Caribbean.

Also the US wanted strategic points to see anything going through the Panama Canal.

It was setup during the Spanish-American War. In many cases, whenever the US made a claim to a island in the Caribbean, (Such as the United States Virgin Islands to Denmark.) the European government usually took whatever deal the U.S. wanted because they knew the US could just take the island by force and not compensate the European country at all....

The US put in-place an agreement where the US would lease "Gitmo" bay on an ongoing basis and the agreement could *only* be terminated if BOTH- countries agree to it. The United States continues to send "rent" cheques to Cuba which Cuba *claims--* they do not cash... The current Cuban government claims that they want the USA out of there, but the USA hasn't agreed to leave-- so Cuba has their hands tied because the US would also have to agree to leave thus ending the agreement-- in order for it to be terminated.

The USA I'm told hasn't had an easy time there though... Cuba makes their wishes know, and they used to try "tactics" to get the Americans out of there. Such as blaring loud music into the compound from their surrounding land (to keep soldiers from sleeping), or shutting off electricity and drinking water to the compound... Which was overcome when the US started generating their own water and electricity.

At the same time, the US tries to spread "pro-democracy" stuff at various sites across Cuba... They beam TV Martini from the sky into Cuba, which the Cuban government uses signal jamming equipment to block the signal and claims that the US is practicing a form of terrorism-- By broadcasting propaganda at them....

So anyway- the Cuba-USA dance is fun to watch, they both antagonize one another and it is kind of fun to watch them both call each other terrorists.

Ofcourse after the Cubans made sleep deprivation sooo popular, allegations have now surfaced about the US using the same-- tactics on detainees at the Gitmo base.

Answer 3

As the Cubans had virtually defeated the Spanish before the Americans arrived, the late-comers may well have decided that holding Cuba would be difficult. (And they had also made promises not to do that). But they were able to write the new constitution, which included the right that the US could place military bases where it wanted.

That was later reduced to just Guantanamo.

Answer 4

The Guantanamo area is rented by the US from Cuba as the result of a historical treaty, a bit the same as Hong Kong was rented by the U.K. from China for 99 years.
I have to look up for the details , but it seemed that the lease is ended. Each year the US send a cheque for the rent to the Cuban goverment.
The payment is never accepted by the Cubans and always returned to the US.

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Answer 5

If I remember my history right, the Spanish had to give Cuba, the Phillippeans, & some of their other posessions over to the US at the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Through some sort of treaty, the US got to keep Guantanamo Bay & give Cuba independence. Hope I helped!!

Answer 6

The u. s, leases Guantanamo thanks to a lease which was signed by a dictator years ago. Castro refuses to cash the cheques