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or are nearing completion:

1. Cuba, with a great U. S. Naval

base on Guantanamo Bay, and U.

S. air base under cons truction at

San Antonio and at two other

points. Cuba and the United States

recentl;' signed a military and na

val co-operation pact to remain in

force until six months after the end

of the war.

2. Haiti and the Dominican Re

public, both at war with the Axis,

and both providing full co-opera-:

tion with the United States defense

systems

3. The Island of Puerto Rico, of

ten called the “Gibraltar of the

Caribbean,” where construction

work and growing naval and mili

tary concriitrations are being con

verted into a powerful defense bul

4. The Virgin Islands, United

States possessions, whose defenses

have been greatly strengthened

since 1940.

5. Some of the British Western

Hemisphere possessiohs, where U.

S. bases already have been con

structed, and where army, navy and

air forces of undivulged strength

are stationed. They include Ja

maica, Antigua, St. Lucia, Barba

dos and the island of Trinidad ly

ing Just off the Venezuelan coast.

Mexico Increases Patrol

8. Mexico, the five Central

American republics of Guatemala,

Efi Salvator, Nicaragua, Honduras,

and Costa Rica and the Republic

of Panama all at war writh the Axis

and co-operating writh the United

States in the defense of the conti

nent. United States air bases long

have been established in many of

the Central American republics,

and Mexican military, naval and

air forces, supplied with lease-lend

military material, are constantly

stepping up their patrol activities.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Waterbury Democrat. (1942). Waterbury, Conn., 1942-09-18. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014085/1942-09-18/ed-1/?sp=22

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Waterbury Democrat, 1942-09-18.