AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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to send missionaries to covert the Cubans
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to establish a navy base
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to send prisoners to
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to allow Cubans to enjoy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Guantanamo Bay interested U.S military planners due to its geographical location in the Caribbean. It became a strategic location in defending the Panama Canal and the southern US coast. It was also a natural haven for naval vessels in the region.
Detailed explanation-2: -Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the Guantánamo Bay detention camp (often called Gitmo, which is also a name for the naval base) was used to house Muslim militants and suspected terrorists captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere (see also Iraq War).
Detailed explanation-3: -Guantanamo Bay is a mostly Constitution-free zone The 1898 Guantanamo Bay lease agreement created a paradox over who has legal authority on the base by stipulating that Cuba retains “ultimate sovereignty” over the territory while the U.S. has “complete jurisdiction.”