As seen on yahoo today. Upon arrival of the Spanish, this region was inhabited by Indians Lain. The laino that were characterized as potters and agricolas were also one of the rebel groups in its rejection of the Spanish conquistadors, this region is considered by both the initiator of the struggles against colonialism.
The town was founded in the year 1796 under the name of St. Catherine of Guantanamo in the middle of the Valley of Guantanamo, a fertile region in which established many sugar mills and sugar mills that took advantage of the existence of three economically important rivers: the Bano, the crab and Guaso.
During the Ten Years' War the troops under the command of General Maximo Gomez tried unsuccessfully to invade the Valley twice.
On December 4, 1870 is the category of town and began a comprehensive development thanks to its strategic position in relation to trade in coffee that is grown in the nearby mountains, sugar and other agricultural products.
On February 24, 1895 he joined the Guantanamo war of independence when Pedro Agustin Perez organized the uprising in the estate "trust" on the outskirts of the city. During the intervention of United States from 1898 to 1902 the bay near the city begins to draw attention to the interim government for its great strategic potential for the military control of the western Caribbean.
The Platt Amendment, Act of Congress 1 imposed on the Cuban Constitution in the early twentieth century, under the threat of not to accept the island would remain militarily occupied, established the obligation to cede portions of territory to a United States military installations. Please do not hesitate to get in practice.
In December 1903 U.S. took "so long as needed" in Guantanamo Bay, by treaty. From then until the Cuban Revolution (over half a century) was a center for U.S. influence, and encouragement by the presence of U.S. citizens (avid in their French military, and with purchasing power), prostitution, gambling and drugs in the region.
The government of Cuba considers the enclave since 1960 are illegal and refuses to receive the symbolic annual lease payment of 5,000.
This prison has been 770 people, as a global symbol of torture, abuse, detention without trial in a place without law.
Although it is noteworthy that in recent months has received harsh criticisms that accuse him of abusing the prisoners inhumanely detained in Guantanamo prison which has lost much popularity by former U.S. President George W. Bush.
On the fifth anniversary (2002-2007) of the Guantanamo prison, the world requires the closure of the prison where 395 prisoners remain in jail indefinitely.
On January 22, 2009, two days of assuming office, the president of the United States, Barack Obama, signed the resolution to close within a period of one year imprisonment of Guantanamo
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