Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Loma Sur, Caimanera, South Hill
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Loma Sur, Caimanera, South Hill. The United States assumed territorial control over Guantanamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty, which granted the United States a perpetual lease of the area. The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees from the 1970s onwards and following the commencement of the war in Afghanistan in October 2001, 775 detainees have been brought to Guantanamo from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, 420 being released without charge. The legal status and physical condition of detainees at Guantanamo has been heavily criticised by human rights bodies worldwide
Picture No
10281439
Media ID
47525203
Size
4586px x 2920px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Pharcide
Source
Unattributed Cuban postcard
Date
circa 1908





























