Latest posts tagged with #PlattAmendment on Bluesky
The #PlattAmendment was signed into US law on #ThisDayInHistory in 1901. This forced #Cuba to agree to US land seizures like the one in #GuantanamoBay, and to allow US troops to enter their country whenever Washington felt the interests of its #capitalist class were threatened.
The #PlattAmendment solidified an American monopoly in Cuba and remained law for over thirty years before it was repealed and replaced in 1934 with a new U. S. law that “maintained the United States’ right to keep Guantánamo Bay forever – affirming it could leave the bay whenever it wanted,”
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The #PlattAmendment also enabled “United States Corporations and banks – including J. P. Mogan & Co, Sullivan & Cromwell and the powerful United Fruit Company [later rebranded Chiquita Brands International Inc.]” to gain “control of Cuban sugar, tobacco, railroads, mining and utilities.”
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Together, they drafted the #PlattAmendment, which said, “the U.S. could invade Cuba again whenever it wanted & barred future Cuban governments from making treaties with other powers. It also required Cuba to ‘sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or Naval stations.’”
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#OTD in #History 1901
Mar 02: #PlattAmendment Passed
Context: This Amendment created an American capitalist monopoly in Cuba.
Facts: Following the May 29, 1898, invasion, (White man) Elihu Root, the U.S. Secretary of War conspired with (another white man) United States Senator, Orville Platt.
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif U.S. followed a different path governing the territories occupied in the Spanish-American War? 1898 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Bitter Fruits of San Juan Hill after the Senate & Cuban Assembly reject #PlattAmendment www.todayinah.co.uk/index.php?st...
The #PlattAmendment was law for over 30 yrs 'til it was repealed & replaced in 1934 w/ a new US law that “maintained the [U.S.]’ right to keep #GuantánamoBay forever." The new law affirmed the US "could leave the bay whenever it wanted,” but leaving no way for #Cuba to terminate the lease."
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The #PlattAmendment enabled “US Corps and banks – including J. P. Mogan & Co, Sullivan & Cromwell and the powerful United Fruit Company” to gain “control of Cuban sugar, tobacco, railroads, mining and utilities.”
#AmericanImperialism
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
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The #PlattAmendment also barred future Cuban governments from making treaties with other powers. And it required #Cuba to ‘sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or Naval stations.’”
#AmericanImperialism
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit
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Following the invasion of #Cuba, white men, Elihu Root (United States Secretary of War) and United States Senator Orville Platt conspired to draft a law and shoved it into an appropriations bill. The #PlattAmendment said, “the U.S. could invade #Cuba again whenever it wanted.
#AmericanHistory
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The #PlattAmendment solidified an American monopoly in Cuba and remained law for over thirty years before it was repealed and replaced in 1934 with a new U. S. law that “maintained the United States’ right to keep Guantánamo Bay forever – affirming it could leave the bay whenever it wanted,”
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The #PlattAmendment also enabled “United States Corporations and banks – including J. P. Mogan & Co, Sullivan & Cromwell and the powerful United Fruit Company [later rebranded Chiquita Brands International Inc.]” to gain “control of Cuban sugar, tobacco, railroads, mining and utilities.”
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Together, they drafted the #PlattAmendment, which said, “the U.S. could invade Cuba again whenever it wanted & barred future Cuban governments from making treaties with other powers. It also required Cuba to ‘sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or Naval stations.’”
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#OTD in #History 1901
Mar 02: #PlattAmendment Passed
Context: This Amendment created an American capitalist monopoly in Cuba.
Facts: Following the May 29, 1898, invasion, (White man) Elihu Root, the U.S. Secretary of War conspired with (another white man) United States Senator, Orville Platt.
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