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Originally Posted by Viperfreak2
I understand we have bases all over the world, but you would have thought Castro would have told us to get out of his country after the revolution. My guess is we threatened military action if he tried to take back the land?
After the prison closes, we still maintain the military base, permanently?
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There is a lease which was signed in 1934 by the Cuban government which requires the United States to pay $3k per year to lease the base from the Cuban government. The lease states that it is to stay in effect unless both governments agree to break it. Since the revolution, the US government has continued to make the lease payment every year, but the Cuban government has not cashed the checks and has claimed the lease is not valid under international law.