When it seemed impossible that the U.S. government could bring more indignity to the illegally occupied naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the site also became a torture center.

Washington.- Twenty-one years after President George W. Bush (2001-2009) opened a prison there, and 13 years after the signing of an executive order to close it by then-President Barack Obama (2009-2017), more than 150 organizations in the United States are calling for the closure of the facility, already famous for its many terrible cases of abuse against prisoners.

A recent editorial in The Washington Post found that "its existence exposes the United States to charges of human rights hypocrisy, suggesting that the nation's promotion of freedom and democracy abroad is a cynical pretext for engaging in self-serving global interventionism."

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The Guantánamo Bay prison persists. Here’s how to end the shame.

Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the naval base has been the starting point for provocative actions involving the deaths of Cuban soldiers and workers, while the United States has turned a deaf ear to Cuba’s legitimate right over that territory. (PL)