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A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 Guantanamo Bay : Fishermen still go about their traditional business !!                                                         Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 Guantanamo Bay is tranquil and picturesque on the Cuban side of the watchtowers. Fishermen land crates of blue-clawed crabs from wooden boats and a woman browses a newspaper beneath a palm tree as children splash in the sea, escaping the baking sun  8) Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 BUT clearly visible behind them is the perimeter of the US naval base : that has occupied a substantial chunk of eastern Cuba for well over a century. For the rest of the world, the controversy over Guantanamo Bay: lies in its notorious US detention facility used for terror suspects. Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014                         Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 Rodi Rodriguez regularly goes to the base to pick up his pension payments                       Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 Mr Rodriguez worked on the US naval base for more than 30 years :                         Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 In the 1930s, Guantanamo base was expanded, providing a boom for local businesses: - including prostitution for the Americans  ::LOL:: Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 There is only a shell left of what used to be the "whore house" .. in Guantanamo :                         Re: A thorn in Cuba side ! - ketchim - 07-17-2014 Any direct danger has long since subsided : but the continued US presence remains an irritant to many Cubans. The naval base is a commanding presence in the bay :