A perpetual lease granted the U.S. complete control over Guantánamo Bay

Evidence

In 1903, U.S. officials pressured Cuban leaders into accepting thinly disguised U.S. rule in exchange for Cuba’s official independence and the withdrawal of most (though not all) U.S. troops. The U.S.-penned Platt Amendment allowed the United States to invade Cuba at will to ensure stability and so-called independence, prevented Cuba from making treaties with other governments, and permitted the construction of U.S. “coaling or naval stations.” The two governments also signed a lease giving the U.S. military “complete jurisdiction and control” over forty-five square miles of Guantánamo Bay—an area bigger than Washington, D.C. Tellingly, the “lease” had no termination date, which effectively meant that Cuba had ceded the territory to its northern neighbor. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 68

Categorization

• QUESTION: The $2,000 yearly fee for a territory bigger than Washington, D.C. — worth checking current fee payment status and whether Cuba still accepts it.
• ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to base-nation harm: an eviction-proof perpetual lease as a violation of Cuban sovereignty.