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Thread #117784 Message #2539625
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
14-Jan-09 - 10:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: US Cuban ban & use of Guantanamo: explain
Subject: RE: BS: US Cuban ban & use of Guantamo: explain
The US has a long-term lease on the Guantanamo location, growing out of the Spanish-American War. For that period, it is effectively a United States territory, for most purposes.
The political struggles of the US and the Cuban government are a totally separate matter.
The lease would be there without the political troubles. The political troubles would be there if the lease never existed.