The Cuban city Guantаnamo

By Zoritza Petrova on Sunday, May 2, 2010
Filled Under: Central America

GuantаnamoThe Cuban Holidays are always filled with passion, good moments and very nice destinations. One of these beautiful destinations are definitely the city of Guantanamo. The city is situated in southeast Cuba, Guantanamo province with a population of about 208,000 inhabitants. Occupation is mainly farming sugar cane and cotton. Between the town and bay is titled a large military base located in the U.S.. In the town of Guantanamo and around it are many interesting tourist attractions. These are archaeological sites, castles, the first coffee plantations in South East of Cuba, National Park of Alejandro de Humboldt, Baracoa. The Cuba Package Holidays are always cheap and very good, but cities like Guantаnamo are having interesting history. In 2001 Base was built and heavily guarded military prison called Camp Guantanamo Bay prisoners or prison “Guantanamo”, worth 54 million USD. Dol. There are about 300 detainees suspected of terrorism, war crimes and involvement in the attacks on September 11 from 40 countries, but primarily from Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Yemen.
Before July 11, 2006 the U.S. said that these prisoners are not protected by the Geneva Convention on prisoners of war.

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