More than 50,000 Cubans set to protest in Guantánamo against US foreign policy
The rally seeks to demonstrate the Cuban people’s historic rejection of the US presence at the Guantánamo Naval Base, as well as against Trump’s decision to transfer 30,000 deportees considered “dangerous.”
Venezuela repatriates 177 people who were held at the Guantánamo Naval Base
Venezuela and the US broke diplomatic relations in 2019, which makes repatriation efforts much more complex than they appear at first glance.
Trump’s global immigration offensive: detention, deportation, and resistance
Trump’s mass deportation plan is rapidly expanding beyond US borders, with migrants now detained at Guantánamo Bay and deals being struck with Latin American nations.
Trump announces Guantánamo Bay base expansion to detain up to 30,000 migrants
The project has caused indignation in Cuba, which claims sovereignty over the Guantánamo Base, occupied more than 100 years ago by the US military.
Cuba condemns ongoing US occupation of Guantanamo Bay
Since 1898, the US has controlled the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, an “illegally occupied” “usurped territory” according to Cubans
20 years after it opened, Guantanamo Bay continues to be a symbol of injustice
In these 20 years of operations, only 12 detainees have been charged and just 2 convicted of any crimes by the Military Commissions.
WikiLeaks’ Guantanamo files exposed inhumane American ‘war on terror’
The documents published by Wikileaks in 2011 revealed how top US officials were directly involved in the torture and illegal detention of many innocents. This explains the US attempt to punish Julian Assange for revealing their failures
