US military prison in Guantanamo, a base of injustice and abuses

Washington, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) When it seemed impossible that the U.S. government could bring more indignity to the illegally occupied naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the site also became a torture center.

February 23, 2023
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Twenty-one years after President George W. Bush (2001-2009) opened a prison there, and 13 years after the signing of an executive order to close it by the then President Barack Obama (2009-2017), more than 150 organizations in the United States are calling for the closure of the facility, already famous for its many terrible abuses against prisoners.

A recent editorial in The Washington Post found that ‘its existence exposes the United States to charges of human rights hypocrisy, suggesting that the nation’s promotion of freedom and democracy abroad is a cynical pretext for engaging in self-serving global interventionism.’

Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the naval base has been the starting point for provocative actions involving the deaths of Cuban soldiers and workers, while the United States has turned a deaf ear to Cuba’s legitimate right over that territory.

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