Tomas Estrada Palma20 May 1902
Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba agrees to lease to the U.S. the naval base at Guantanamo Bay
Cuba · Government / Government of Cuba. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba agrees to lease to the U.S. the naval base at Guantanamo Bay
The Government lasts just 100 days, but engineers radical liberal changes in Cuban society and a rejection of the Platt Amendment
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