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Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (view source)
Revision as of 11:42, September 10, 2020
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[[File:Gitmo Aerial.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Guantanamo Bay]]
[[File:Gitmo Aerial.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Guantanamo Bay]]
Guantanamo Bay is a coastal area on southeastern [[Cuba]] occupied and controlled by the United States government pursuant to a 1903 Lease Agreement with the newly independent Republic of Cuba subsequent to the Spanish–American War. The Agreement established that:<ref name="rasul">''Rasul v. Bush'', 542 U.S. 466 (2004) (quoting lease).</ref>
Guantanamo Bay is a coastal area on southeastern [[Cuba]] occupied and controlled by the United States government pursuant to a 1903 Lease Agreement with the newly independent Republic of Cuba subsequent to the Spanish–American War. The Agreement established that:<ref name="rasul">''Rasul v. Bush'', 542 U.S. 466 (2004) (quoting lease).</ref>
{{cquote|While the United States recognizes the continuance of the ultimate sovereignty of the Republic of Cuba over the [leased areas], the Republic of Cuba consents that during the period of the occupation by the United States . . . the United States shall exercise complete jurisdiction and control over and within said areas.}}
{{cquote| '''While the United States recognizes the continuance of the ultimate sovereignty of the Republic of Cuba over the [leased areas], the Republic of Cuba consents that during the period of the occupation by the United States . . . the United States shall exercise complete jurisdiction and control over and within said areas.'''}}
In 1934 the United States and Cuba entered into another treaty that provided that, absent an agreement to modify or abrogate the lease, it would remain in effect "[s]o long as the United States of America shall not abandon the . . . Naval Station of Guantanamo."<ref name="rasul" />
In 1934 the United States and Cuba entered into another treaty that provided that, absent an agreement to modify or abrogate the lease, it would remain in effect "[s]o long as the United States of America shall not abandon the . . . Naval Station of Guantanamo."<ref name="rasul" />