Tomás Palma originally granted a perpetual lease to this area for $2000 a year in gold coins, and the Platt Amendment gives the US government complete jurisdiction and control.
Tomás Palma originally granted a perpetual lease to this area for $2000 a year in gold coins, and the Platt Amendment gives the US government complete jurisdiction and control. However, only one check for the lease has ever been cashed, as the Cuban government sees the lease to this only military base on Communist soil as illegally imposed. For ten points, name this naval base currently used as a detainment camp for al-Qaeda suspects.
Tomás Palma originally granted a perpetual lease to this area for $2000 a year in gold coins, and the Platt Amendment gives the US government complete jurisdiction and control.
U.S. Naval Station {Guantanamo Bay} (accept GTMO or Gitmo)