UOFJ Cuba Independence & Neocolonial Possession of US Since 1901 Question This last time we will focus on the issue of the expansionism of the United State

UOFJ Cuba Independence & Neocolonial Possession of US Since 1901 Question This last time we will focus on the issue of the expansionism of the United States over Latin America and the establishment of the neocolonial system. For this study, you must analyze the legal document that set the relationship between the United States and Cuba for the first half of the twentieth century: The Platt Amendment.pdf. After reading this document, please respond:Why it is possible to affirm that, although Cuba became independent republic in 1902, the Platt Amendment had already turned Cuba into a neocolonial possession of the United States since 1901?To answer this question, you need to read the Platt Amendment and find, among its regulations, those clauses that created a neocolonial nexus between Cuba and the United States. For historical context, refer to the textbook between pages 259 – 262 and 263 – 267, which also coincides with some of the assigned readings for quiz 8. You are expected to use cites and references from the textbook as the historiographical support for this paper, and also from the amendment.Everything above was the question stated by the professor. Let me know if you need access to the textbook if the pdf is not enough. Should be 3 and a half pages, double spaced, 12 font, times new roman, MLA. 1500 word limit but professor says its fine as long as it’s 3 full pages. Any other questions please let me know. Need done by tomorrow. The Platt Amendment
Treaty between the United States and Cuba Embodying the Provisions Defining
the Future Relations of the United States with Cuba Contained in the Act of
Congress
56th Congress, Session II, Ch. 803
Signed at Habana, May 22, 1903
Ratification advised by the Senate, March 22, 1904
Ratified by the President, June 25, 1904
Ratified by Cuba, June 20, 1904
Ratifications exchanged at Washington, July 1, 1904
Proclaimed, July 2, 1904
I. Treaties with foreign powers. V. Sanitation of cities.
II. Public depts. VI. Island of Pines.
III. Intervention to maintain independence. VII. Coaling stations.
IV. Acts during military occupation. VIII. Ratification.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas a Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba
embodying the provisions defining the future relations of United States with Cuba
contained in the act of Congress approved March 2, 1901, was concluded and signed by
their respective Plenipotentiaries at Habana on the twenty-second day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and three, the original of which Treaty, being in the English and
Spanish languages is word for word as follows:
Whereas the Congress of the United States of America, by an Act approved March 2,
1901, provided as follows:
Provided further, That in fulfillment of the declaration contained in the joint resolution
approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled, “For the
recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government
of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw
its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the
United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these
resolutions into effect,” the President is hereby authorized to “leave the government and
control the island of Cuba to its people” so soon as a government shall have been
established in said island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an
ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with
Cuba, substantially as follows:
“I. That the government of Cuba Shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with
any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of
Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by
colonization or for military or naval purposes or otherwise, lodgement in or control over
any portion of said island.”
“II. That said government shall not assume or contract any public debt, to pay the interest
upon which, and to make reasonable sinking fund provision for the ultimate discharge of
which, the ordinary revenues of the island, after defraying the current expenses of
government shall be inadequate.”
“III. That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right
to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a
government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for
discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the
United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.”
“IV. That all Acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are
ratified and validated, and all lawful rights acquired thereunder shall be maintained and
protected.”
“V. That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans
already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities
of the island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be
prevented thereby assuring protection tot he people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to
the commerce of the southern ports of the United States and the people residing therein.”
“VI. That the Isle of Pies shall be omitted from the proposed constitutional boundaries of
Cuba, the title thereto being left to future adjustment by treaty.”
“VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to
protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba sill sell
of lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain
specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.”
“VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the
foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.”
Whereas the Constitutional Convention of Cuba, on June twelfth, 1901, adopted a
Resolution adding to the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba which was adopted on the
twenty-first of February 1901, an appendix in the words and letters of the eighth
enumerated articles of the above cited act of the Congress of the United States;
And whereas, by the establishment of the independent and sovereign government of the
Republic of Cuba, under the constitution promulgated on the 20th of May, 1902, which
embraced the foregoing condition, and by the withdrawal of the Government of the
United States as an intervening power, on the same date, it become necessary to embody
the above cited provisions in a permanent treaty between the United States of America
and the Republic of Cuba;
The United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, being desirous to carry out the
foregoing conditions, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries to
conclude a treaty to that end,
The President of the United States of America, Herbert G. Squires, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary at Havana,
And the President of the Republic of Cuba, Carlos de Zaldo y Beurmann, Secretary of
State and Justice, – who after communicating to each other their full powers found in
good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE I.
The Government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any
foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba,
nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power of powers to obtain by
colonization or for military or naval purposes, or otherwise, lodgment in or control over
any portion of said island.
ARTICLE II.
The Government of Cuba shall not assume or contract any public debt to pay the interest
upon which, and to make reasonable sinking-fund provision for the ultimate discharge of
which, the ordinary revenues of the Island of Cuba, after defraying the current expenses
of the Government, shall be inadequate.
ARTICLE III.
The Government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to
intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government
adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging
the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the Treaty of Paris on the United States,
now to be assumed and undertaken by the Government of Cuba.
ARTICLE IV.
All acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are ratified
and validated, and all lawful rights acquired thereunder shall be maintained and
protected.
ARTICLE V.
The Government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary, extend the plans already
devised, or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities the
island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented,
thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the
commerce of the Southern ports of the United States and the people residing therein.
ARTICLE VI.
The Island of Pines shall be omitted from the boundaries of Cuba specified in the
Constitution, the title thereto being left to future adjustment by treaty.
ARTICLE VII.
To enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the
people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the Government of Cuba will sell or lease
to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations, at certain specified
points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
ARTICLE VIII.
The present Convention shall be ratified by each party in conformity with the respective
Constitutions of the two countries, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the City of
Washington within eight months from this date.
In witness whereof, we the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed the same in
duplicate, in English and Spanish, and have affixed our respective seals at Havana, Cuba,
this twenty-second day of May, in the year nineteen hundred and three.
H.G. SQUIERS [SEAL.]
CARLOS DE ZALDO [SEAL.]
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1891, entitled
“An act to amend title sixty, chapter three of the Revised Statues of the United States,
relating to copyrights”, that said act “shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign
state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States
of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens; or
when such foreign state or nation is party to an international agreement which provides
for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United
States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement”;
And Whereas it is also provided by said section that “the existence of either of the
conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by
proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require”;
And Whereas satisfactory official assurance have been given that in Cuba the law permits
to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as
to the citizens of Cuba:
And Whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of
the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the first day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and four:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of
America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and
every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the
United States and the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United
States of America to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this second day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and four, and of the Independence of the United States of America
the one hundred and twenty-eighth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
By the President:
ALVEY A. ADEE
Acting Secretary of State.
SUPPLEMENTARY CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA
EXTENDING THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH MAY BE EXCHANGED THE
RATIFICATIONS OF THE TREATY OF MAY 22, 1903, BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND CUBA, EMBODYING THE PROVISIONS DEFINING THEIR
FUTURE RELATIONS.
Signed at Washington, January 29, 1904.
Ratification advised by the Senate, January 27, 1904.
Ratified by the President, June 25, 1904
Ratified by Cuba, June 20, 1904
Ratifications exchanged at Washington, July 1, 1904
Proclaimed, July 2, 1904.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Supplementary Convention between the United States of America and the
Republic of Cuba, extending the time within which may be exchanged the ratifications of
the treaty signed May 22, 1903, embodying the provisions defining the future relations of
the United States with Cuba, contained in the Act of Congress of the United States
approved March 2, 1901, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries
at Washington, on the twentieth day of January one thousand nine hundred and four, the
original of which Supplementary Conventions, being in the English and Spanish
languages, is word for word as follows:
The United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, considering it expedient to
prolong the period in which, by Article VIII of the treaty signed by their respective
plenipotentiaries on May 22, 1903, embodying the provisions defining the future
relations of the United States with Cuba, contained in the act of Congress of the United
States approved March 2, 1901, the exchange of ratifications of the said treaty shall take
place, have for that purpose appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries, namely:
The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State of the United
States; and
The President of Cuba, Gonzalo de Quesada, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Cuba at Washington;
who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good
and due form, have agreed upon the following additional article to be taken as part of the
said treaty.
The respective ratifications of the said treaty shall be exchanged as soon as possible, and
within six months from January 21, 1904.
Done in duplicate at Washington, in the English and Spanish languages, this 20th day of
January A.D. 1904.
JOHN HAY [SEAL.]
GONZALO DE QUESADA [SEAL.]
And whereas the said Supplementary Convention has been duly ratified on both parts,
and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington,
on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of
America, have caused the said Supplementary Convention to be made public to the end
that the same may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the
citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United
States of America to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this second day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and four, and one thousand nine hundred and four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty eighth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
By the President:
ALVEY A. ADEE
Acting Secretary of State.
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This is the last paper of this class. As the last paper, this assignment requires from you to write three full pages in Times
New Roman 12 double space. The word count now should be around 1,500 words, although you just have to make sure
that you write three full pages.
This last time we will focus on the issue of the expansionism of the United States over Latin America and the
establishment of the neocolonial system. For this study, you must analyze the legal document that set the relationship
between the United States and Cuba for the first half of the twentieth century: The Platt Amendment.pdf D. After
reading this document, please respond:
Why it is possible to affirm that, although Cuba became independent republic in 1902, the Platt Amendment had already
turned Cuba into a neocolonial possession of the United States since 1901?
To answer this question, you need to read the Platt Amendment and find, among its regulations, those clauses that
created a neocolonial nexus between Cuba and the United States. For historical context, refer to the textbook between
pages 259 – 262 and 263 – 267, which also coincides with some of the assigned readings for quiz 8. You are expected to
use cites and references from the textbook as the historiographical support for this paper, and also from the amendment.

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