Colombo, January 31, 2025. The Sri Lankan newspaper The Guardian published an article expressing Cuba's rejection of the decision announced by the President of the United States to use the Naval Base in Guantánamo to imprison tens of thousands of migrants that it has proposed to forcibly expel.
The newspaper further points out that the statement by the Cuban Foreign Ministry on January 20 clarifies that the territory where it is proposed to imprison them does not belong to the United States and that it is a portion of the territory of Cuba in the eastern province of Guantánamo, which remains militarily occupied illegally and against the will of the Cuban nation. This is a military facility that is known internationally, among other reasons, for housing a torture and indefinite detention center outside the jurisdiction of the US courts, where people who have never been prosecuted or convicted of any crime have been held for up to 20 years.
The report also takes into account what was expressed in the declaration that the irresponsible use of this detention center would generate a scenario of risk and insecurity in this illegal enclave and its surroundings; it would threaten peace and would lend itself to errors, accidents and misinterpretations that could alter stability and cause serious consequences.