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Guantanamo Bay, Part One: An Origin Story

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Government of Cuba Has Only Cashed One of the Checks

After the cuban revolution, which again, 19 53, 19 59, when the us. President at the time, eisenhauer, refused to return the land or leave it. The cuban government has only cashed one of those cheques. And castro was super pissed about that for the rest of his life. He said it was a mistake in the early days of the government. But legend is that he did keep all those physical checks again, and he kept them uncashed, and he just unceremoniously stuffed them in a desk drawer for the next few decades.

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