Platt+Amendment

= **// The Platt Amendment: 1902 //** = = = = · // Cuba was not allowed to join or make treaties with any country which may threaten Cuban independence // = = = = · // US has the right to intervene to protect Cuban independence // = = = = · // Cuba must maintain sanitation to keep down the spread of disease // = = = = · // Cuba must lease land to the US for naval bases (Guantanamo Bay) // =