A US nuclear submarine arrived at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, but this did not make the Cuban government happy, accusing the US of “provocative escalation."
Pres. Joe Biden signed a $768 billion defense bill that includes a 2.7 percent pay raise for the troops but no funds to remove Guantanamo Bay's detainees in Cuba.
The Biden administration is seeking a private contractor to run a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with a requirement that some of its personnel speak Spanish and Haitian Creole.
On Monday, the administration of President Joe Biden turned over its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay to the Moroccan government with security assurances.
President Barack Obama recently announced his plan to make good on his 2008 campaign promise to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to him, the military prison has not advanced national security efforts to combat terrorism.
President Barack Obama wants to transfer the remaining 91 prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay jail to the United States in a bid to end the highly-controversial existence of the detention facility.
U.S. and Cuban government officials will host another round of diplomatic talks from Washington, D.C. on Thursday. As the U.S. State Department recognized, the latest talks will be the fourth round of discussions to reestablish diplomatic relations.
Cuba President Raul Castro Wednesday addressed Latin American leaders and revealed relations with the U.S. have not normalized despite developments to renew diplomatic relations.
With the U.S. and Cuba normalizing its diplomatic relations, President Barack Obama is expected to comment on its progress, however, the future with the Guantanamo Bay prison facility remains shrouded.
On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testified before a committee about the release of Sgt. Bergdahl in exchange for the release of five Taliban prisoners.
A new video by legendary hip hop star Yasiin Bey, better known by his stage name Mos Def, has quickly spread across the internet this week. It's not a music video, however, but is rather far more political in nature.
