[News] Cuba Rejects Presence of US Nuclear Submarine in Guantanamo Bay

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CUBA REJECTS PRESENCE OF US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE IN THE GUANTANAMO BAY

Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly rejects the arrival of a 
nuclear-powered submarine in the Guantanamo Bay on July 5, 2023, that 
stayed until July 8 at the US military base located there, which is a 
provocative escalation of the United States, whose political or 
strategic motives are not known.

The US military base, as is known, has occupied that 117 square 
kilometers territory for 121 years against the will of the Cuban people. 
It stands as a colonial remnant of the illegitimate military occupation 
of our country that started in 1898, after the expansionist intervention 
during the independence war waged by Cubans against the Spanish colonial 
power.

This is an enclave that has long lost its strategic or military 
importance for the United States. Its permanence only pursues the 
political objective of trying to outrage Cuba’s sovereign rights. Its 
practical usefulness in recent decades has been limited to operating as 
a center of detention, torture and systematic violation of the human 
rights of dozens of citizens from several countries.

The presence of a nuclear submarine there at this moment makes it 
imperative to wonder what is the military reason behind this action in 
this peaceful region of the world; what target is it aiming at and what 
is the strategic purpose it pursues.

It should be remembered that the 33 nations of the region are 
signatories of the Declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a 
Zone of Peace, signed in Havana in January of 2014.

It is also important to take into account the fact that, as a threat to 
the sovereignty and the interests of Latin American and Caribbean 
peoples, the United States has established more than 70 military bases 
in the region with different times of permanence, plus other operational 
forms of military presence. Recently, its high military commands have 
publicly announced their intention to use their war capabilities to 
realize the US ambitions over the natural resources of Latin America and 
the Caribbean.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while reiterating the rejection of the 
US military presence in Cuba and demanding the return of the illegally 
occupied territory in the province of Guantanamo, warns about the danger 
of the presence and circulation of nuclear submarines of the United 
States armed forces in the nearby Caribbean region.

Havana, July 11, 2023.

(Cubaminrex)
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