When was guantanamo built

The naval base at Guantanamo Bay is quietly commemorating its th anniversary. On Dec. Today, the base at Guantanamo Bay is infamously associated with images of Muslim detainees wearing orange jumpsuits —alleged terrorists detained after the Sept.

The U. To achieve full independence, the U. The Cubans did so grudgingly. Unlike most leases, this one has no end date. The base in Guantanamo Bay has been a reminder of American imperialism in the Caribbean ever since. Cuba wants the land returned. The Cuban revolution took place nearby.

When I tell people I study Guantanamo, they immediately imagine the military base. Evidence suggests that some U. The sons of three American servicemen even ran off to join the uprising in The Cuban base workers generally escaped punishment, but at least one U. Jamaicans and Filipinos are the main workforce. Approximately 6, people live on the Guantanamo Bay naval base today, including American military personnel, their families and civilian staff.

A Swede released in July said,"They put me in the interrogation room and used it as a refrigerator" where he sat in chains for 12 to 14 hours, partially losing the feeling in one foot. Deprived of sleep, he was assailed with flashes of light in a dark room, loud music and noise. It points out that pain inflicted"from outside himself" may be less effective than"pain which he feels he is inflicting upon himself.

In December Army Maj. These included hooding, physical contact like poking or grabbing, and hour interrogations.

This set off a string of further exposures, including CIA secret detentions at prisons known and unknown around the globe. What does the future hold for Cuban land occupied by Washington?

Printing Office. The U. Barbara Crossette,"U. George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al. On June 28, , the Supreme Court ruled that the captives are imprisoned in territory over which the United States does exercise exclusive jurisdiction and control and they have the right to be heard before a judge or other neutral decision-maker.

At the base, beginning on August 24, , the Defense Department held its first military tribunal hearing since the end of World War II; the procedure ended with four human-rights monitors asking that the Bush administration"scrap the whole experiment" Wall Street Journal, August 30, Installation Guide. Operations and Management. Fleet and Family Readiness. Guantanamo Bay News.