Here's mo on Gitmo

I decided to do some more research on the situation of civilian employees in Guantanamo, that is local Cuban employees. Up until the early '60s when the door slammed shut on our relations with Cuba, thousands of Cubans worked inside Guantanamo. They came from near by towns every morning by bus and ferry. When the door slammed shut, no more workers were hired but those who already had jobs, continued to work at the base. By the early 1990s, the number of Cubans working inside Guantanamo had shrunk to 27, their numbers dropping due to old age or illness.  Over the years many workers didn't bother to go back and were assisted by the navy who hustled them off to Florida where they could be treated as if they had been picked up by the Coast Guard or floated ashore. If they had been identified as 'fence jumpers' it would have been a completely different story. Sentries were ordered shoot to kill if the fence jumper was Cuban and shoot to wound if it was an American going the other direction. However those few who would not give up their citizenship and loyalty to Cuba, also gave up their earned pension as an employee of the U.S. Navy.

There is no current information about Cuban employees at Guantanamo since there aren't any anymore. I found the above information in a book titled "Trading With the Enemy" which was published in 1992. It was written by Tom Miller who spent time in Cuba with the approval of both the U.S. and Cuba. His purpose was to tell about everyday life in Cuba and not to pass judgment on the political situation.  A lot has happened since then but I think it gives a realistic view of life on the island today.