Top U.S. general in Caribbean meets with Cuban military leaders near Guantanamo Bay as tensions simmer

The head of the U.S. military’s Southern Command met with top Cuban military officials Friday at the edge of the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay, SOUTHCOM announced, as President Trump heaps pressure on Cuba and does not rule out military action. Gen. Francis Donovan, commander of SOUTHCOM, held a “brief exchange on operational security … Read more

Trump promised to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo. A year later, it’s mostly empty.

Just eight days after returning to the White House last year, President Trump announced plans to turn the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a massive detention center to hold 30,000 detainees facing deportation as part of his aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration.  But a CBS News review of internal government documents and … Read more