DoesGuantanamo bay Cuba belong to US? or whats the deal?? I am just curious?

Question

DoesGuantanamo bay Cuba belong to US? or whats the deal?? I am just curious?

Answer 1

It is considered Cuban territory under lease to the US.  The US pays Cuba rent though they never cash the check.

Answer 2

It all goes back to the Cuban war of independence (from Spain) and the Spanish-American War.

The Cubans had almost defeated the Spanish, when the US got involved, and took the credit for "freeing" Cuba. The US then wrote a new constitution for Cuba, which included a provision allowing the US to place military bases in Cuba. (The Platt Amendment).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Amend...

Legally, the US has a lease of the site of its base at Guantanamo Bay.

Answer 3

Yes, it's been there since before Castro took over in 1958. Here's a history link to help:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/f...

Sorry about the pop ups!

Answer 4

No.

However, the US has a Naval base in Guantanamo Bay.  As a military base, it is considered American territory.  

A lease was established in a 1903 between the two governments.  Although, the current Cuban government feels the US has an illegal occupation of the territory.

Answer 5

It has been there as a Navy Coaling Station ever since the U.S. Won it during the Spanish-American war.  Cuba won it's independence from the U.S. but the U.S. reserved that section known as Guantanamo Bay as it's own.

You DO know that Cuba was a Territory of the U.S. for about 40 years, I assume.