Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo, [baˈia ðe ɣwãnˈtanamo]) is a bay in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland.

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, [1] also known as GTMO (/ ˈɡɪtmoʊ / GIT-moh), GITMO (/ ˈɡɪtmoʊ / GIT-moh), or simply Guantanamo Bay, is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

1 day ago · How does the US government use the base at Guantánamo Bay? While the U.S. naval base in Cuba is best known for the suspects brought in after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it has a small, separate facility used for decades to hold migrants. The Migrant Operations Center is used for people intercepted trying to illegally reach the U.S. by boat.

15 hours ago · Located on the southeastern coast of Cuba, Guantánamo Bay was seized in 1898 by U.S. forces and their Cuban allies during their efforts to wrest the island from Spanish control. The United States ...

1 day ago · Naval Station Guantanamo Bay has been used by the U.S. since 1898, when U.S. forces used the area in the Spanish-American War. According to the Navy, a lease for 45 square miles of land and water ...

1 day ago · President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants.

2 days ago · Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the Guantánamo Bay detention camp (often called Gitmo, which is also a name for the naval base) was used to house Muslim militants and suspected terrorists captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, …

1 day ago · SUBJECT: Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity. I hereby direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all ...

1 day ago · The U.S. fast-attack nuclear-powered submarine USS Helena arrived at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in 2024, a day after a Russian navy fleet that also included a modern submarine pulled into the port of ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Guantánamo Bay, inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting southeastern Cuba. A large and well-sheltered bay, it has a narrow entrance to a harbour approximately 6 miles (10 km) wide and 12 miles (19 km) long and capable of accommodating large vessels.