Torture at Guantanamo

The United States may be guilty of wrongdoing in its detention and interrogation and so forth of suspected terrorists at the Guantánamo naval base.

But is nothing compared to the sins committed by the Castro dictatorship on the rest of the island, starting at the Combinado de Guantánamo prison.

As elsewhere in Cuba, officials at the prison were determined to prevent any commemorations of International Human Rights Day. They warned political prisoners that demonstrations would be greeted with "severe punishment."

To emphasize their point, guards used a technique known as "Shakira" or "Balancín" to torture prisoner Jesús Manuel Peña. His arms were chained behind his back, and he was then suspended off the ground in his cell for several hours.