Platt Amendment Repeal. A United States-Cuba Treaty of May 22, 1934, signed on May 29, abrogated the Platt Amendment except that acts effected during the United States intervention remained valid and the United States retained its base at Guantánamo, with the annual rent increased from $2,000 to $4,085.

ECONOMIC CHANGES FOR A SUCCESSFUL CUBA TRANSITION
Note: Under the auspices of the George W. Bush administration and in the hope that Cuba’s transition to a democratic society would
