What is Platt Amendment?
The '''Platt Amendment''' was an [[amendment]] made in 1901 to a resolution of the [[United States Congress]]. It said that all [[Treaty|treaties]] with [[Cuba]] had to be approved by the [[U.S. Senate]] and the U.S. had the right to interfere in Cuba's affairs if order broke down within Cuba. It also declared [[Guantánamo Bay]] to be U.S. territory. The Cuban–American Treaty of Relations of 1903 said the same things. In the years following its enactment, until its abolition in 1934, the Platt Amendment was used on several occasions by the United States to intervene in Cuban internal affairs and protect US economic interests on the island. {{multistub|history|US|politics}} [[Category:20th century in Cuba]] [[Category:1901 in the United States]]