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Guantanamo Bay Research Paper

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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base also known as NSGB(Naval Station Guantanamo Bay), is a US military base that is located on the southeastern side of Cuba. Guantanamo Bay is the oldest, yet most important, US military base that is outside of the US. The history of Guantanamo Bay is peculiar, yet it is also very fascinating. NSGB is located on 45 miles of land and water of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The bay was called Guantanamo by its previous settlers, the Tainos. (Tainos are Indians; a subgroup of the Arawakan Indians and a group of American Indians.) Christopher Columbus landed in Guantanamo during 1494, then named it Puerto Grande. When Spanish settlers took control of Cuba, the bay became an essential harbor on the south side of the island. The bay
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