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First images of deportees to Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba, emerge

U.S. officials on Wednesday verified that only 10 undocumented immigrants arrived at Guantanamo Naval Base on Tuesday. So far, the identities of the targeted individuals remain unclear, but each of them has criminal records of some kind. Numerous reports from U.S. officials have emphasized that the most dangerous criminals are […]

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First flight with deportees leaves the US for the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba

The United States has begun deportation flights to the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. This measure has been confirmed by the press secretary of the Trump Administration, who announced that the first flight has already departed. According to reports, each flight carries a relatively small number of deportees, around a dozen, […]

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US to begin sending deportees to Guantanamo Bay Base in Cuba in 30 days

According to a Washington Post report on Friday, House Border Czar Tom Homan indicated that the United States aims to begin transferring migrants to a detention facility located at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within the next 30 days. The facility was initially revealed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday.

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The US is keeping some Cuban rafters intercepted at sea with credible fear at the Guantanamo Naval Base

A group of Cuban rafters who made their sea crossing from Cuba to the United States and were intercepted by the Coast Guard of that US country, were transferred to the Guantanamo Naval Base. Radio Televisión Martí asked the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about this. A DHS spokesperson responded: […]

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Entertainment

Yotuel wants to give a concert at the Guantanamo Naval Base with Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno and El Funky

Cuban rapper Yotuel wants to give a concert at the Guantanamo Naval Base, according to what he said on his social networks. “It’s time to play at the “Guantanamo Naval Base” if the dictatorship doesn’t let us play on our island” said Yotuel. The proposal was made together with the members of the song Patria y Vida, […]

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News Health Society

A sailor is the first case of coronavirus at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo

A first case of Covid-19 has been confirmed at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo, a crew member of a US Navy ship, The Hill reported. A statement from the base said the sailor is in isolation and “currently undergoing evaluation and treatment.” Officials are in the process of […]

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Society

Relatives of Cubans convicted of trying to enter the Guantanamo Naval Base appeal sentences

Relatives of the young Cubans who were sentenced after trying to enter the Naval Base filed an appeal Thursday before the Military Tribunal of Guantánamo, Martí Noticias reported. The nine young men sentenced are residents of the province of Cienfuegos. According to Francisco Aguilar Conde, who traveled from Cienfuegos to Guantánamo on behalf of the […]

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Politics

US government fires commander in charge of Guantanamo Naval Base prison

Pentagon officials said the commander of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired because of “a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” the AP reported. A statement from U.S. Southern Command said the commander was fired after a “loss of confidence in his ability to lead.”

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Society

Cuba will try in a military court two Cubans who crossed into the Guantanamo Naval Base

The Cuban government will bring to a military court two men who crossed into the Guantanamo Naval Base on February 28 and were returned to Cuban soil 15 days later. Sources close to the case confirmed to Radio Martí the intention of the Cuban government to try Rafael Badari Sánchez Ruiz and Danner Manuel Estrada […]

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Politics

Guantanamo province officials say US military base steals economic opportunities

A lighthouse at Punta de Maisí in Guantánamo province marks the easternmost point of Cuba. It was a stop during a recent tour that Cuban government officials offered for foreign journalists. The government tour also included stops at state-run factories. One of them employed more than 200 workers who […]

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