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Guantánamo
Guantánamo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.
Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port near the site of a U.S. naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool. These are traditional parts of the economy.
History
The city was founded in 1797 in the area of a farm named Santa Catalina. The toponym "Guantánamo" means, in Taíno language, "land between the rivers".
Geography
Overview
The municipality is mountainous in the north, at Humboldt National Park, where it overlays the Sierra Maestra (mountains), and borders the Windward Passage of the Caribbean Sea in the south. It is crossed by the Bano, Guantánamo, Yateras, Guaso, San Andrés and Sabanalamar rivers. The city is spread with a square plan and is crossed in the middle by the Carretera Central highway. Guantánamo Bay is a natural harbour south of it.
The municipality borders with El Salvador, Niceto Pérez, Caimanera, Yateras, Manuel Tames and Sagua de Tánamo; this one in Holguín Province. It counts the villages of Argeo Martínez, Arroyo Hondo, Glorieta, Las Lajas and Paraguay.
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Soldier deployed to Guantanamo Bay dies while swimming at beach
Fox News 19 Oct 2018
A soldier from Iowa deployed to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba died Tuesday while he was swimming, officials said Thursday ... ....
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Iowa National Guard soldier dies while swimming at beach near Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
Cedar Rapids Gazette 19 Oct 2018
A member of the Iowa National Guard died Tuesday after being swept away by a current while swimming with other service members at Cable Beach near Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB,) also known as GTMO ... Coast Guard, fire, law enforcement, and medical first responders from NSGB, Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay and Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO.) The search was called off when Cox’s body was found on Wednesday, Oct. 17 ... Gen....
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2 detainees stuck in Guantanamo Bay
Arkansas Online 19 Oct 2018
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- Two detainees at the Guantanamo prison who were cleared for release during President Barack Obama's administration refused to cooperate with authorities arranging their departures and now can't leave even if they wanted to because President Donald Trump's administration has ceased most prisoner releases ... Guantanamo today has 40 prisoners, five cleared during the Obama administration....
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Guantanamo prison to remain open ’25 years or more’
Raw Story 18 Oct 2018
Former president Barack Obama had vowed to close the US military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but now it will stay open for at least 25 years, the officer in charge of the facility said Tuesday. Rear Admiral John Ring said the prison, which holds several alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks, ... The post Guantanamo prison to remain open ’25 years or more’ appeared first on Raw Story ... ....
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Two Guantanamo detainees refused to leave and now they’re stuck there, commander says
The Lewiston Tribune
18 Oct 2018
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Two detainees at the Guantanamo prison who were cleared for release during the Obama administration refused to cooperate with authorities arranging their departures and now can’t leave even if they wanted to because the ... ....
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Commander: Guantanamo detainees refused to leave and now they're stuck there
Union Leader 18 Oct 2018
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Two detainees at the Guantanamo prison who were cleared for release during the Obama administration refused to cooperate with authorities arranging their departures and now can’t leave even if they wanted to because the Trump administration has ceased most prisoner releases ... Guantanamo today has 40 prisoners, five cleared during the Obama administration....
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Guantanamo prison to stay open at least 25 years
South China Morning Post 17 Oct 2018
Former US president Barack Obama had vowed to close the US military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but now it will stay open for at least 25 years, the officer in charge of the facility said. Rear Admiral John Ring said the prison, which holds several alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks, is focused on readiness to make “sure that the facilities are going to last for 25 years” ... ....
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Guantanamo prison to remain open '25 years or more'
France24 17 Oct 2018
Former president Barack Obama had vowed to close the US military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but now it will stay open for at least 25 years, the officer in charge of the facility said Tuesday ... ....
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Guantanamo prison to stay open at least 25 years: US admiral
The Siasat Daily 17 Oct 2018
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Former president Barack Obama had vowed to close the US military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but now it will stay open for at least 25 years, the officer in charge of the facility said Tuesday ... Following Trump’s move, “they told us we are going to be here for 25 years or more,” said Ring, Commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo....
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How Guantanamo Set the Stage for the Kavanaugh Hearings
Common Dreams 15 Oct 2018
Karen Greenberg Presidential adviser Karl Rove (left) with Brett Kavanaugh in 2004. Kavanaugh was staff secretary in the White House at the time. (Photo. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images) ... ....
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How Guantánamo Set the Stage for the Kavanaugh Hearings
truthout 15 Oct 2018
Amid the emotional hubbub over the predictable confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, there has been a largely overlooked casualty. the American judiciary ... Senator Susan Collins acknowledged the damage the hearings wrought, even if she misunderstood the cause ... This confirmation has underscored and enhanced the fragility of justice in America, at least as a reflection of law, decency, honesty, transparency, and fairness ... A Quasi-Courtroom ... ....
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Guantanamo Bay trip ‘healing’ for 9/11 survivor
The News-Enterprise
07 Oct 2018
Tony Rose wasn’t sure if he wanted to go to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, but he thought he needed to look at the men who allegedly helped plan the 9/11 attacks. Rose, who worked at the Pentagon in 2001 and survived the attack, said he was worried about the trip because of the memories it might bring back for him. After a hijacked plane hit the Pentagon, he was among the first people on the scene and helped rescue those inside ... ....
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How Guantanamo, the Navy base with book-banning prison, marks Banned Books Week
The Lewiston Tribune
03 Oct 2018
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Big and small libraries across the United States marked Banned Books Week recently with awareness campaigns celebrating the freedom to read in America, and so did this base with two libraries — one for ... ....
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