Also, the United States could intervene to keep order or maintain the island's independence, and could buy or lease sites for naval bases -- the main one being Guantanamo Bay.
Based on an addendum to an army appropriations bill of 1901 and motivated by fear of the imperialistic schemes of Germany, this document proclaimed that United States forbade the government of a certain island from going into debt or stopping the United States from imposing a sanitation program. Also, the United States could intervene to keep order or maintain the island's independence, and could buy or lease sites for naval bases -- the main one being Guantanamo Bay. FTP, name this Amendment  to the Cuban Constitution.
Based on an addendum to an army appropriations bill of 1901 and motivated by fear of the imperialistic schemes of Germany, this document proclaimed that United States forbade the government of a certain island from going into debt or stopping the United States from imposing a sanitation program.
The {Platt} Amendment