[American Constitutionalist]

Was not Cuba a US territory at one time just like Guam ? Philippines ? Purto Rico ?

[Yosemitest]

Cuba Becomes United States Protectorate and NOT a US Territory.
Read the History of Cuba.
If you're thinking about the United States Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. read this:

... In 1903, the new Cuban government signed an agreement with Roosevelt, who had since become president,
allowing the United States to lease 45 square miles of Cuban territory, on either side of the mouth of Guantánamo Bay,
for use as a "U.S. Coaling and Navy Station."
The rent was 2,000 gold coins per year, which today is worth $4,085.

The Cubans insist that when their constitution was written in 1901, its framers were forced to include the wording of the Platt Amendment,Otherwise, the United States would not withdraw its occupation troops.
According to the Cubans, the leasing of the land for the naval station was a direct result of that strong-arm tactic.

In 1934, the lease was renegotiated with the stipulation
that the outpost would revert to Cuban control ONLT BT MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
No such agreement has ever been reached; American servicemen and servicewomen have been stationed there ever since. ...

The is the MAIN REASON Obama wants to normalize relations with Cuba, to CLOSE Guantánamo (Gitmo) .

[Yosemitest]

Cuba Becomes United States Protectorate and NOT a US Territory.
Read the History of Cuba.
If you're thinking about the United States Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. read this:

... In 1903, the new Cuban government signed an agreement with Roosevelt, who had since become president,
allowing the United States to lease 45 square miles of Cuban territory, on either side of the mouth of Guantánamo Bay,
for use as a "U.S. Coaling and Navy Station."
The rent was 2,000 gold coins per year, which today is worth $4,085.

The Cubans insist that when their constitution was written in 1901, its framers were forced to include the wording of the Platt Amendment,Otherwise, the United States would not withdraw its occupation troops.
According to the Cubans, the leasing of the land for the naval station was a direct result of that strong-arm tactic.

In 1934, the lease was renegotiated with the stipulation
that the outpost would revert to Cuban control ONLT BT MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
No such agreement has ever been reached; American servicemen and servicewomen have been stationed there ever since. ...

The is the MAIN REASON Obama wants to normalize relations with Cuba, to CLOSE Guantánamo (Gitmo) .