A US nuclear submarine arrived at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, but this did not make the Cuban government happy, accusing the US of “provocative escalation."
Pres. Joe Biden signed a $768 billion defense bill that includes a 2.7 percent pay raise for the troops but no funds to remove Guantanamo Bay's detainees in Cuba.
The Biden administration is seeking a private contractor to run a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with a requirement that some of its personnel speak Spanish and Haitian Creole.
On Monday, the administration of President Joe Biden turned over its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay to the Moroccan government with security assurances.
President Barack Obama recently announced his plan to make good on his 2008 campaign promise to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to him, the military prison has not advanced national security efforts to combat terrorism.
President Barack Obama wants to transfer the remaining 91 prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay jail to the United States in a bid to end the highly-controversial existence of the detention facility.
The U.S. Department of Defense is ready to hand in its proposal to Congress for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The plan consists of different options on how the prison will be closed. It will be submitted on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Time is winding down on President Barack Obama's promise to shut down Guantanamo Bay, but the country made a step in that direction as prisoner Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Awn al-Shamrani got released and sent back to his native Saudi.
The struggle over the Guantanamo Bay detention center is still ongoing as reports say Pentagon continues to block the advancement of President Barack Obama’s plans to close down the facility. A special report from Reuters revealed that former and current administration officials have confirmed that Pentagon officials are “throwing up bureaucratic obstacles” to keep Guantanamo from releasing detainees efficiently and eventually shutting down.
President Barack Obama is expected to sign an annual military policy bill that forbids the government from moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the United States.
The Obama administration is drafting a new plan to shut down the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Defense One reported on Thursday based on comments by Arizona Sen. John McCain.
U.S. and Cuban government officials will host another round of diplomatic talks from Washington, D.C. on Thursday. As the U.S. State Department recognized, the latest talks will be the fourth round of discussions to reestablish diplomatic relations.
On Wednesday Uruguay's foreign Rodolfo Nin Novoa minister asserted that President Jose Mujica's decision to welcome six newly freed Guantanamo detainees and 42 Syrians to his country was an act that lacked any foresight.
A quartet of former Guantanamo Bay prisoners protested for a second day on Saturday. The four ex-detainees were demanding further assistance from the Uruguayan as well as the U.S. governments regarding their adaptation to living life in their new home.
Rear Adm. Fernandez Ponds has been selected to run Guantanamo Bay. The U. S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay has a new commander. Rear Adm. Fernandez Ponds has been selected to run the detention center.
Cuba President Raul Castro Wednesday addressed Latin American leaders and revealed relations with the U.S. have not normalized despite developments to renew diplomatic relations.
