Cuba calls presence of US nuclear submarine at Guantanamo Bay a 'provocative escalation'

[Judi Lynn]

4. It's true. I read an article within the last week mentioning it's still a very hot topic there.

They have been asking for their land back, to no avail, since 1959. The agreement was made in the 1800's with a U.S. puppet "President" and the price agreed upon then would be the equivalent now of around $2000.00 in gold per year! Cubans don't want any part of it, and want their own land returned to them.



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Biden administration has made little progress towards goal of closing notorious Guantanamo Bay prison
Ellie Kaufman
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN
Published 8:01 AM EDT, Sun September 19, 2021

President Joe Biden has said he wants to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, where 39 detainees still reside, by the end of his term, but his administration is yet to make much progress towards meeting that goal.

The Biden administration first announced it intended to close the facility during a White House press briefing in February 2021. When asked by a reporter if the prison would be closed by the time Biden leaves office, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “that’s certainly our goal and our intention.”

But months into Biden’s term, 39 detainees remain housed at the prison in Cuba. 10 detainees have been cleared by the Guantanamo Periodic Review Board system and are eligible for release, but they have not been transferred to a different country and out of the prison yet. The Periodic Review Board system was set up during the Obama administration to determine whether detainees being held there were guilty or not.

One detainee who was already cleared for release during the Obama administration was released to his home country of Morocco in July. This was the first transfer of a detainee under Biden.

More:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/19/politics/guantanamo-state-of-play/index.html