Cuban workers at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
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When Fidel Castro took power in Cuba several hundred Cuban citizens were employed by the United States at its Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.[1][2] Although the relationship between Cuba's new communist government and the USA were very strained, the then current Cuban workers were allowed to keep commuting to the their jobs. Some of the Cuban workers requested political asylum, and were allowed to live on the base. As of 2012 several dozen former Cuban workers live as retirees on the base. Harry Henry, 82, and Luis La Rosa, 79, the last two remaining Cuban workers who commuted to their jobs, retired on December 14, 2012.
References
- ↑ Ben Fox, Suzette LaBoy (2012-12-14). "Last 2 Cuban 'commuters' retire from US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay: One of the world's most unusual commutes comes to an end" (in English). Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newser.com%2Farticle%2Fda35ms3g0%2Flast-2-cuban-commuters-retire-from-us-navy-base-at-guantanamo-bay.html&date=2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-11-. "As workers aged and retired, the number of commuters dwindled from the hundreds to about 50 people by 1985, according to a base newsletter, the Guantanamo Bay Gazette. By June 2005, it was down to Henry, La Rosa and two others, all earning about $12 an hour, an eye-popping salary by Cuban standards, according to another base newsletter, The Wire."
- ↑ (in English). http://www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups/public/@cnrse/@gtmo/documents/document/cnic_048259.pdf. Retrieved 2012-11-.
