Cuba · Cuba
Guantánamo Bay
The US Navy's leased corner of Cuba.
- Marines land
- 1898
- Lease signed
- 1903
Then
- 1898
US Marines land and, with Cuban forces, drive out the Spanish.
- 1903
The lease is signed, at $2,000 a year in gold.
- 2002
The base begins holding detainees from the war on terror.
Now
Fifteen detainees remained as of January 2025.