Water can get boring, so keep a variety of clear liquids on hand. On the day before your colonoscopy â when you're restricted to clear liquids â you can have popsicles, Jell-O, clear broth, coffee or tea (without milk or creamer), soft drinks, Italian ice, or Gatorade. But take nothing with red, blue, or purple dye.
Guantanamo Bay: violence, hunger strikes and protests. Violent clashes, hunger strikes and growing calls for its closure â what is happening in Guantanamo Bay, three years after its promised closure? At the weekend, following months of increased tensions at the Cuban prison camp, detainees attacked their guards with makeshift weapons.
U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay is the oldest U.S. base overseas and the only one in a Communist country. Located on the southeast corner of Cuba, in the Oriente Province, the base is about 400 air miles from Miami, Florida.The terrain and climate of Guantanamo Bay make it a haven for iguanas and banana rats. In December 1903, the United States leased the 45 square miles of land and water for use as a coaling station.he airfield is located on the Leeward side and the main base is on the Windward side. Ferry service provides transportation across the bay. The primary mission of Guantanamo Bay is to serve as a strategic logistics base for the Navy's Atlantic Fleet and to support counter drug operations in the Caribbean.