Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

prison is called Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Guantanamo Bay is also a United States Naval Base. The United States first acquired the territory by seizing it from the Cubans during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The United States’ ultimate goal was to prevent fighting between the Cubans, to protect U.S. economic interests and to hold free elections in order to establish a new and legitimate government. Five years later, the U.S. and Cuba signed a lease, giving Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. as…

Greetings classmates, The Panama Canal connected the Atlantic to the Pacific. The manifest destiny belief was even put into practice in the 20th-century. The Panama Canal was a representation of the United States' power in the region. The United States did not lose control of the canal until 1999. China is the top exporter and is having a greater influence in the region. Container ships and cruise ships pass through the canals bringing money to the region. The canal gave the United States…

Standard interrogation procedures failed to produce what the Administration deemed to be “actionable intelligence;” consequently, the Administration ordered detainees being held in Guantanamo, the Abu Ghraib prison, and the Bagram Air Force Base be forced to endure degrading tactics, such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation, to coerce confessions and produce information. The 2002 Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memorandum, which defined “torture”…

Columbus first landed in Guantánamo Bay in 1494, naming it Puerto Grande. US Marines didn’t set foot on Guantánamo until 1898 during the Spanish-American war. The Marines were seeking refuge from a Hurricane. Guantánamo Naval Station was erected in 1903 (National Geographic). The site was originally a refugee camp but later would become a detention center known for its intelligence operations In 2002 under the bush administration Guantánamo began to use torture techniques claiming these…

of due process. Hellyer references one of the most hated dictator’s capture, trial and execution to compare to the degenerating of our justice system. December 7, 1945 has been labeled, “a date which will live in infamy” when Japan attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor. Hideki Tojo, the prime minister of Japan during World War II, was captured on September 11, 1945 at his home after a failed attempt at suicide. With U.S. medical care and a transfusion from a U.S. soldier, Sgt. John Archinal,…

them. However, this time the US government was not going to be as permissive. With Clinton as president, the US Coast Guard was instructed to not allow any rafters make landfall. Instead, those who were captured where taken to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, and remained there with no prospect of ever being granted entry into the…

troops had committed by executing the Cuban Revolutionary fighting for their independence without proper trials. Although the United States government declared its intention of not intervening the conflict in Cuba, it still sent a fleet of American Naval Force to travel surrounding the Cuban water. In February of 1898, the USS Main, one ship of American fleet stationed in the Cuban water, mysteriously exploded with the death of more than 200 American sailors. American public immediately blamed…

Policies that have many citizens wondering what exactly he is doing and of the ways he is implementing them. Some of these policies include Obama Care, Fast Tracking, Withdrawal of United States Troops in Iraq, cash for clunkers and the shutdown of Guantanamo Bay. These policies are not necessarily bad ideas, they are simply bad implementations and have consequences that I do not believe were thoroughly sought threw. If the president or his staff had some of the tools and skills that we learned…

How did imperialists justify their actions? How did the anti-imperialists justify their position? Consider the role of race, economics, science, and religion. Moral implications of American imperialism are that we are just trying to extend our land to make more businesses and trade to help our economy. These are the justifications to our actions about taking over other countries. Anti-imperialist do not believe in the extension of land and territories. "the anti-imperialist's did not oppose…

Cubans fight in Ten Years War, a war between Cuba and Spain, but the Spanish emerged victorious. Then in 1895 violence erupted again, and the Cuban War of independence began. Meanwhile the United States was he great power in the Western Hemisphere and wished to expand their influence for decades. Americans wanted to take over Cuba; on various occasions the United States attempted to buy the island and there was also discussion in Congress about taking islands militarily. Back in Cuba, the…