Guantánamo Bay
Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba (19°54′N 75°9′W / 19.900°N 75.150°W). It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and is surrounded by steep hills creating an enclave cut off from its immediate hinterland.
The United States assumed territorial control over Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty, which granted the United States a perpetual lease of the area.[1]
The southern portion of the bay is surrounded by the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, established in 1898. Since 2002 the base has hosted a detainment camp for suspected militant combatants from Afghanistan and from around the world, but specifically not for captives taken in Iraq, who qualify for POW status.
In popular culture
The 1992 film A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson as the Guantanamo base commander centers around an incident occurring on the base.
The 2003 film Bad Boys 2 with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence After a lengthy car chase they end up at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay.
The 2008 film Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is about two young men escaping Guantanamo Bay prison after being falsely accused of terrorism.
In a 2008 episode of South Park, "Pandemic", the boys are threatened to be taken to Guantanamo for being a Peruvian pan-flute band.
See also
- Guantánamo Bay detention camp
- Cuba-United States relations
- Platt Amendment: Document claimed to guarantee U.S. Navy lease in Cuba
- Flora and fauna of Guantánamo Bay
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Wikisource links
External links
- Read Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding Guantánamo Detainees
- Joint Task Force Guantánamo — Official website
- U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay — The United States' oldest overseas Naval Base
- Guantánamo: U.S. Black Hole
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Guantanamo Bay (APPG-GB)
- Hicks to Serve 9 Months in Terrorism Case
- UN Human Rights Council report on Human rights violations and the situation of detainees at Guantánamo Bay
- On its Sixth Anniversary, Calls Resound Worldwide for Closure of Guantanamo Bay Prison (Democracy Now! 11 january 2008, Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez)
- Guantanamo: A Look Back at Six Years of Imprisonment, Torture and Suicide (Democracy Now! 11 january 2008, Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez)
- US Army Judge Advocate on Supreme Court Guantanamo Ruling
Maps and photos
- Cuba-Pictures.com — Guantánamo Province photos with the view from Mirador de Malones
- Google Maps
- Photos From Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by Brad Beckett
- Virtual 3D Walk-through of Camp Delta (from the Art project Zone*Interdite)
- Cuba.com