Heheh. Guantanamo Bay is a thorn in Fidel's side. We got it during the Spanish-American War and never gave it back.
Did you know that Castro wasn't terribly interested in being a Commie? We didn't want to help him because Batista was making money for us, so Fidel went to the Sovs.
Ah, if only the Washington Senators had taken him on as a pitcher all those years ago...