Most people think of Guantánamo as one gigantic prison. But there are many things you probably didn’t known about the U.S. Navy base in Cuba that makes the place feel like a small town in America.
Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg narrates a tour of the legal compound that the military allows to be shown, and fills in the blanks on some of the rest, too.
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, Guantánamo base commander Capt. Dave Culpepper briefed reporters about receiving help from the Cuban military to extinguish wildfires that jumped the Cuban minefield Feb. 21 and threatened base housing.
Sailors at U.S. Navy base Guantánamo Bay raised the flag for the national anthem on Friday morning, Feb. 16, 2018, then lowered it to half-mast, per a naval instruction, "as a mark of respect honoring the victims of the senseless acts of violence
Guantánamo detention center commander, Rear Adm. Edward B. Cashman, answers questions about the Detainee Art Program during a press conference at the Media Operations Center at Camp Justice in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Inside a communal cell block for low-value detainees days after President Donald Trump cancelled his predecessor's closure order. U.S. Army soldiers approved the release of this Miami Herald material.
9/11 defense attorney Walter Ruiz says the Pentagon's most clandestine prison is "just like this kind of beaten down, broken down, county-jail-looking kind of thing,” on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017.
With no new Trump administration policy, the detention center is still operating under a Barack Obama closure order. No new captives have come, and none have gone, since Donald Trump took office. (All material was approved for release by the U.S.
Reporters allowed in the Detention Center Zone in June explored the possibility of a visit by the commander in chief, Donald J. Trump, or the retired U.S. Marine general serving as Secretary of Defense, James Mattis. All images were reviewed and a
Joint Task Force Commander Rear Adm. Edward Cashman responds to a reporter's question on whether a Guantánamo detainee could get gender transition therapy.
