Guantanamo - Have you been there?

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I came across this article and it was an eye-opener for me. Not that I'm surprised that it still exists, but the surprise is that it's a 'community' where American servicemen actually live and have 'American conveniences' just like any on any other military base.
Here's the story:

https://thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Why%20is%20the%20%22Gulag%20of%20Our%20Times%22%20Still%20Open%3F&utm_campaign=special-guantanamo-bay

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independentone · M

I was there briefly while with the Marines in the 70s, there have been military personnel stationed there since at least the late 60s

SomeMichGuy · M

@independentone From the Wikipedia article

It has been leased from Cuba to the U.S., without expiry, since 1903 as a coaling station and naval base.[3] It is the oldest overseas American naval base.[4] Since 1974, the U.S. has paid the Cuban government an annual sum equivalent to $4,085 in 1934 dollars (approximately $96,018 in 2024) to lease the bay.[5][6]

But we were there earlier; when the Spanish-American War ended, Spain gave up Cuba in the Treaty of Paris of 1898, and we wanted to keep a military presence there. The Wikipedia article has a little more about this.