Cuba FM welcomes Obama order to close GuantanamoCuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque roque: see croquet. on Friday welcomed US President Barack Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo Bay Noun 1. Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903 bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf prison and said he hoped the US base there would be dismantled. "I see the decision of President Obama to close the torture and detention center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
"I think that the existence of a center where they've carried out physical and psychological torture, and humiliated hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. prisoners, is an affront to humanity," Perez Roque added. The Cuban foreign minister said he hoped the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. would dismantle the naval base where the "war on terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism " prison camp is located -- it has been in Guantanamo, on the island's southeast coast, for more than a century -- and return the land to Cuba. "The Guantanamo naval base remains against the will and desire of the people and the government of Cuba," Perez Roque said. The 45-square-mile (115-square-kilometer) facility is the oldest overseas US Navy base; the Cuban government says the Guantanamo lease, signed in 1903, is invalid, while Washington claims it is valid. On Thursday, Obama ordered the closure of the prison camp within a year and banned torture in a dramatic repudiation of the anti-terror policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro and his brother, President Raul Castro, had warm words for newly sworn-in Obama on Wednesday, in sharp contrast with decades of anti-US rhetoric. 
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