Why didn't Castro try to retake Guantanamo Bay from America?

Throughout the Cold War, US-Cuban relations weren't exactly great. Castro, Cuba's leader, never acknowledged the US' ownership of the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay as legitimate but during the decades after he took power he never made a single concerted effort to get it back. So why not? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my Patreon supporters below: Rikspuckot SirJoe Myller Jillbert MajesticFirebird Scott W robert lalonde Steven B CharÉTS Brendan W Justin Kubusch Michael Kram Leonard Frank Cippalippus Thomas Halter Mik Scheper Sean Long Ted Parsons Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm LambOfLeg David J. Bever Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Joel Wasserman Leland Nathan Ngumi Graham London John Orr Juan Castillo Wolf Roko Lisica Robert Brockway Bartosz Zasada Matt Busch Andreas Mosand Valentyn Oriki JT96 Colm Byrne erez87 Larz Welo Yosef Waysman Mario Peshev Donald Weaver blei95 Glassford Global Joell Bel Tristan Kreller Kevin Neuhaus Adam Probert Hidamarisou - Webnovel translations Nolan Peale Sean Uzar Robert Meehan Jason Vandeventer Ron Johnson Jonny Minogue Joseph Reinsch Matt Reed BattleGoat Studios Shauna K Tino Bobby Koys Benjamin Herson Templar366 C. C. C. Hexapuma Moraxian Justin Short Juan Benet Charles Kwiatkowski Warren Rudkin Mars Project Zachary Harrison Wiener T'Kotsl Mario Mejia Hiro P Andrew Patane Kevin Phoenix Joseph Hutchins Ruben Rodriguez Tactical_Jackal Joshportunities Carr Nyuli Chris Weisel William Adderholdt Contdoko12 Allen R Tim Stone SketerK T. c. north Rob Rollins Jesse Plung Pongo ContraryPython Tony Belmonte Brian Giordano Duane Bridges ARandomPaperClip Andrew Sever Jack Beckman Peter Hopkins Mark Ploegstra Joshua Schneider Rosebird Hapalochlaena Lunulata Burt Clothier Steve Schroeder Scriptmonkeys Blue Cardinal No way Dullis Colin Cecil Nathan Snyder Philip Yip Ciege Engine twang Mr.Myoozik D. Mahlik Kaiserrin Leena Al-Souki Damon Ali Sadighian tegsirat Hunter Bayliss Ian M Olive! 🍄 Carl Blanton Tranier Bocaj ThePalestRose A. J. Zachary Pascalar Tim Stumbaugh Ned Burke Anthony McCann alexccg blaZzinG_FurY Jane Sumpter David Hilbert's Entscheidungsproblem James Shakira Joseph Kerckhoff Will Sullivan Jacob Zachs Chris PeBenito Patty Culp Richard Wolfe Matthew Toles Peter Marino Beth Resta George Caponera Jamie van Brewen William Maywood Rabbi Rob Thomas Lord Chromium Tim Sweeney Liquid Chief Alex G. BenDrums24 khaki enthusiast David Spellmeyer Miky Hidalgo Morriss Charles Doolittle Random Insanity Ethan Harlow Jonathan Niehaus Ben Jambor John Gross-Whitaker Tom Ebert Dr. Sarno Jasmin Vikk Seth Reeves Erik Hare YugiJitsu Games george tyler Garrett Manarin Yared Cristiano lesser_sam Alexander Kirk Ted Ingram The Funks WolfiZee Serius_Loyola The Luminariian Afghanistan Sethars DefinitelyNattox NazGuul Evelyn ConspiracyPizza Tom Langan ChrisC1966 Sunset Awesome Hatter24 Frankin D. Roosevelt tadhg Defender Deep Brewed Flavour João Santos Kasi Jackarice26 M Scho Vladislav Vasilev Tommi Hewitt Jan Bart Verbist Noogie Schwarzer Hai Kameohawk Jaroslav Benedik Lewis Kobrak Hazzard Zharael TradeFloorMonster Rhys Jackson Phil Johnston Tarsirrus Twinny Hill Ash Elford Rhys Little Ben L KingKyumber James zemnmez Toby Peschel